BROWNE, WILLIAM FREDERICK, son of Rev. Richard Browne DD, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Regius Professor of Hebrew, and Mary, dau. of William Sambach, Paddington, Middlesex; b. 8 Dec 1755; adm. 14 Nov 1771; KS 1772; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1774, matr. 1 Jun 1774, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1774 - void 19 Dec 1780 (expiry year of grace as R. Launton from 17 Dec 1779); BA 1778; MA 1781; BD and DD 1800; ordained deacon (Oxford) 14 Jun 1778; Rector of Launton, Oxfordshire, from 13 Dec 1779; Prebendary of Wells from 24 May 1785; JP Oxfordshire; m. 22 Dec 1779 Bridget, dau. of Capt. Thomas Burton, 2nd Foot Guards; d. 17 Nov 1837.

BROWNE, WILLIAM FREDERICK, son of William Frederick Browne (qv); b.; adm. 18 Mar 1799 (Clapham); KS (aged 13) 1800; left Christmas 1802; Cornet, 6th Dragoons, 9 Jun 1803; Lieut., 9 Jun 1804; Capt., 64th Foot, 2 Apr 1807; 6th Dragoons, 7 May 1807; retd. 17 Jun 1819; served at battle of Waterloo, where he was severely wounded; m. 12 Jul 1809 Margareta Martha, dau. of Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, Bart., MP; d. 3 Mar 1842.

BROWNING, GEORGE, son of George Browning, Exeter, Devon; b.; adm.; KS 1667; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1671, matr. 27 Jun 1671, aged 19, Westminster Student 8 Jul 1672-90 (void), Tutor 1678; BA 1675; MA 18 Mar 1677/8; ordained; Vicar of Barnstaple, Devon, from 2 Jul 1687; Vicar of Stoke Rivers, Devon, 1701; m. 29 May 1690 Honor, eldest dau. of Rev. William Reade, Rector of Drewsteignton, Devon; buried Barnstaple, Devon 16 Nov 1702.

Browning, Percy Triquet, son of Percy Browning, of New Cross, Kent, stockbroker, by Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of George Michael Todd, of New Cross; b. Oct. 8, 1882; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 27, 1895 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Junior Samwaies and Triplett) 1901, having previously obtained an exhibition there for Mathematics and Science, matric. Michaelmas 1901; B.A. 1904; M.A. 1909; Bishop's Hostel, Farnham, 1905; ordained 1905; Trin. Coll. Missioner and Curate of St. George's, Camberwell, Surrey, 1905-11; Wilberforce Missioner and Public Preacher in the diocese of Southwark 1911-5; Temporary Chaplain to the Forces Oct. 1, 1915; Chaplain No. 5 Lond. Gen. Hosp. (St. Thomas's Hospital) 1915-8; Vicar of All Souls, Leeds 1918; Vicar of St. Martin's, Brighton 1934-8; Rector of East Blatchington, Sussex, 1938-46; m. Nov. 3, 1915, Etheldred, fourth daughter of Jarvis Kenrick, of Bletchingley, Surrey; d. Dec. 3, 1947.

Browning, Robert Stuart, son of the Rev. Arthur Browning, Vicar of Penn Street, Amersham, Bucks, by Catherine Maude, daughter of Thomas Worthington Clarke, of Hinckley, Leics; b. May 16, 1896; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1910; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1915, matric. Trinity 1919; B.A. 1920; A. C. A. 1923; an asst. accountant Burma Oil Company April 1925; on the staff of the Foreign Exchange Control, Bank of England; served in France 1916-8 and was wounded on the Somme Aug. 1916; Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Reserve) Royal Sussex Regt. July 1, 1917; with the Army of Occupation in Cologne 1918-9; demob. April 1919; d. 30 July 1979.

Browning, Wilfred Robert Francis, son of Charles Robert Browning, university lecturer, of Plymouth, Devon, and Mabel Elizabeth, d. of William Henry Chaney; b. 29 May 1918; adm. Jan. 1931 (A); left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric, 1937, BA 1940, MA 1944, BD 1949; ord. deacon 1941, priest 1942 (Peterborough); Curate Towcester 1941-4, Christ Church Woburn Square, Lond., 1944-6; Chaplain Heswall Nautical Sch. 1946-8; Priest-in-charge St Richard’s, Hove 1948-51; Rector Great Haseley, Oxon, and lecturer Cuddesdon Theol. Coll. 1951-9; Canon Residentiary Blackburn, Warden Whalley Abbey, 1959-65; examining chaplain to Bishop of Oxford 1965-88; Canon of Ch. Ch., Oxf., 1965-87; author of A Commentary on St Luke’s Gospel 1960, Guide to the New Testament 1962 and Oxford Dictionary of the Bible 1996; awarded Cross of St Augustine 2008; m. 31 July 1948 Mary Elizabeth Beeston, teacher, d. of Capt. William Horace Beeston of Cranmore House, Aldershot; d. 23 Feb. 2017.

BROXHOLME, NOEL, son of Robert Broxholme, Oakham, Rutland; b.; adm.; KS 1700; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1704, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Oct 1704, aged 18, Canoneer Student 23 Jul 1705-18 (void), Tutor 1710-1; BA 1709; MA 1711; migr. to University Coll., where he was one of first two Radcliffe Travelling Fellows, Jul 1715; Padua Univ., adm. 20 Dec 1716; MB and MD 1723; student, St. Thomas’s Hospital, 1709; FRCP 22 Mar 1724/5, Censor 1726, Harveian Orator 1731; one of the six physicians appointed to St. George’s Hospital at its first general board held 19 Oct 1733; Physician to Frederick, Prince of Wales, 9 Nov 1734 – c. May 1739; bequeathed £500 for the benefit of the King’s Scholars to be applied “in such manner as the two upper masters of the said school shall think fit”. The fund was subsequently consolidated with the School Exhibition Fund, and the benefaction commemorated by an exhibition known as the Broxholme exhibition; m. 7 May 1730, Anne, widow of William Dowdeswell, Pull Court, Worcs., mother of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1730, qv), and sister of James Hammond (qv); committed suicide 8 Jul 1748. DNB.

BRUCE, CHARLES THOMAS, eldest son of Hon. Thomas Charles Bruce MP, and Sarah Caroline, eldest dau. of Thomas Thornhill, Riddlesworth Hall, Norfolk; grandson of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (S) (qv); b. 21 Feb 1865; adm. (H) 15 Jun 1876; left Mar 1880; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1883; attached to Sir Henry Drummond Wolff’s mission to Constantinople and Egypt, 1885-6; member, Royal Company of Archers, Scotland; went out to Flanders Sep 1915 as Commandant of a Belgian field hospital; m. 1st, 8 Jul 1897 Edith Mary, eldest dau. of Samuel Sandbach Parker, Aigburth, Lancs.; m. 2nd, 7 Jul 1914 Gwendolen Mary, eldest dau. of Robert Thomas Napier Speir DL, Burnbrae and Culdees, Perthshire; d. in London 23 Oct 1915, from enteric fever contracted in Flanders.

BRUCE, HON. JAMES, brother of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (S) (qv); b. 23 Mar 1769; adm. 5 Oct 1778; KS (Capt. ) 1782; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1786, matr. 14 Jun 1786, Westminster Student from 23 Dec 1786; BA 1790; MA 1793; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Oct 1790; chargé d’affaires, Brussels, 1793-4; MP Marlborough 1796 - Nov 1797; précis writer, Foreign Office, from Oct 1797; drowned in the river Don, near Barneby Down, while attempting to ford it on horseback, 10 Jul 1798.

BRUCE, JOHN, younger son of Rev. John Collingwood Bruce LLD FSA, Head Master, Percy Street Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Charlotte, dau. of Tobias Gainsford, Gerrard’s Cross, Bucks.; b. 17 Oct 1855; adm. (G) 24 Jan 1868; left May 1873; a mining engineer; manager, Grinkle Ironstone Mines, 1887-1914; JP Yorkshire, North Riding, 1918; MICE 6 Dec 1892; m. 1 Sep 1887 Florence Emma, third dau. of William Martin Flegg, Belsize Square, South Hampstead, Middlesex, solicitor.