Brousson, Richard Henry Corthorn, brother of Anthony Gerald Hobgood Brousson (qv); b. 29 June 1913; adm. 3 May 1927 (A); left July 1931; St Cath. Coll. Camb., matric. 1931, BA 1934, MA 1945; PO (A & SD) RAFVR Apr., FO Sept. 1939; transf. to tech. branch Oct. 1941; MIMechE; Flt Lieut. June 1942; Sqdn Ldr RAF Sept. 1945, Wing Cdr July 1947, Group Capt. July 1956; despatches June 1944 and June 1945; OBE Jan. 1946; retd RAF July 1961; AFRAeS; Vice-Prine. Hendon Coll. of Technology 1961-73; lived in France after retirement 1973; m. 1947 Joan Dorothea Middleditch; d. 17 Feb. 1984.

Brousson, Anthony Gerald Hobgood, son of Herbert Louis Brousson, Lond. Stock Exchange, and Dorothea Flamann, d. of James Carlill of Blackheath; b. 22 Apr. 1907; adm. Jan. 1921 (A); left Dec. 1924; RMA Woolwich 1926, 2nd Lieut. RE Jan. 1927; St Cath. Coll. Camb., matric. 1927, BA 1929, MA 1957; Lieut. RE Jan. 1930, Capt. Jan. 1938, Maj. Jan. 1944, Lieut.-Col. Apr. 1950, Col. Feb. 1953, Brigadier Feb. 1957; CRE N. Ireland District 1948, Brit. Element Trieste 1950; Inspectorate Min. of Supply 1953; AMIMechE 1955; CE W. Africa 1956, Cyprus 1956-8; retd Apr. 1959; OBE (Middle East) Jan. 1944; Star of Italian Solidarity Sept. 1953; dep. Dir. of Works BAOR 1958-9; staff of Braintree CFE 1959; m. 1 Jan. 1935 Lorna Everard, d. of Col. Stanley Everard Lewis RAMC, of Gravesend; d. 24 May 1976.

BROUNCKER, FRANCIS, brother of Richard Brouncker (qv); b. 17 Oct 1806; adm. 12 Oct 1818 (Packharness'); d. unm.

BROUGHTON, MICHAEL, son of John Broughton, Westminster, and Mary ---; bapt. 9 Apr 1684; adm.; KS 1696; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1701, aged 17, scholar 1702; BA 1704/5; MA 1735; ordained deacon 11 May 1735, priest 18 May 1735 (both St. David’s); Vicar of Geddington, Northants., 1735-42; Rector of Barnwell St. Andrew, Northants., from 1737, and Rector of Barnwell All Saints, Northants., from 1742; m. Arabella ---; buried Barnwell All Saints 8 Oct 1756. [note absence of career details between 1705 and 1735]

Brough, Michael David, son of Kenneth David Brough, chmn. Metal Box Co., and Frances Elizabeth, d. of Walter Ernest Llewellyn Davies MRCS LRCP DPH, gen. med. practitioner; b. 4 July 1942; adm. Jan. 1956 (A); left July 1961; Christ’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1961, BA 1964, MA 1968; MB 1969, BChir 1970, FRCS 1974; consult. plastic and reconstructive surgeon, St Andrew’s Hosp. Billericay, Queen Elizabeth Hosp. Hackney and Whipps Cross Hosp. 1980-2; Roy. Free Hosp., Univ. Coll. Hosp. and Whittington Hosp. 1982-2004; consult. plastic surgeon, St Luke’s Hosp. for the Clergy 1986, King Edward VII Hosp. 1992, Roy. Northern Hosp. 1992; pres. plastic surgery section, Roy. Soc. of Medicine 1990-1, pres. British Assn. of Plastic Surgeons 2002; founder and vice-pres., Healing Foundn. 2002-; author, many articles on plastic and reconstructive surgery; m. 8 June 1974 Geraldine Moira Sleigh MB ChB MRCP, rheumatologist Roy. Free Hosp.; d. 18 Nov. 2004.

Brooks, Christopher John, son of William James Brooks, of Vauxhall, barrister-at-law, by Alice, daughter of Gilbert Wilson, of Bushey, Herts; b. May 20, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left July 1911; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. London Regt. July 26, 1911; Lieut. March 1, 1913; Capt. Dec. 3, 1915, attached Machine Gun Corps March 22, 1916; Major Feb. 16, 1918; served in France; wounded at Leuze Wood Sept. 25, 1916; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 1916 and Aug. 2, 1919; A. R. I. B.A. 1920; asst. architect with the Great Western Rly., and with the Railway Executive, Western Region; m. Feb. 24, 1915, Margaret, daughter of R. S. Colwill, of Farnham Royal, Bucks; d. April 28, 1951.

Brookman, Kenneth Jeffery Steven, son of Erwin Bruckmann MD, of Berlin, Germany, and Edith, d. of Hermann Rautenberg of Berlin, Germany; b. 15 Aug. 1926; adm. Sept. 1940 (R); left July 1944; Imp. Coll. Lond. 1948-51, BSc; ARCS 1950; Christ’s Coll. Camb. 1951-2, Dip. Ed; represented Camb. v. Oxf. in the Univ. Sports 1952; coach to Univ. of Oxf. Athletic Club 1959-62; sen. physics master Radley Coll. 1952-65; Headmaster Alec Hunter High Sch., Braintree, Essex 1967-87; m. Aug. 1960 Pauline Mary Luck SRN, d. of John Whitmore Luck, engineer; d. 1 Sept. 2000.

Brookman, John, son of Herbert Brookman, of Ealing, a member of the London Stock Exchange, by Edith Mary, daughter of Samuel Harwood, of Hammersmith; b. Aug. 30, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (H); left July 1916; 2nd Lieut. (unattached) May 1, 1917; Indian Army, 2nd Lieut. Dec. 3, 1917; Lieut. May 1, 1918; Capt. May 1, 1921; Major May 1, 1935; Lieut. ­ Col. May 1, 1943; 3rd Gurkhas and Burma Rifles; retired March 4, 1947; served in Afghanistan 1919; Waziristan 1920-1; Burma Rebellion 1932; and in Burma 1939-42; m. Oct. 5, 1931, Kathleen Muriel, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Edward Victor Martin, Indian Army, of Jersey.

Brookman, Herbert Geoffrey, brother of John Brookman (q.v.); b. July 25, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (H); left Dec. 1914; Royal Naval Coll., Osborne; Midshipman R. N. Sept. 15, 1917; transferred from R. N. to R.A.F. in 1920; Flight-Lieut.; m. Oct. 1931, Pamela Brabazon; d. April 22, 1934.

BROOKFIELD, CHARLES HALLAM ELTON, younger son of Rev. William Henry Brookfield, Prebendary of St. Paul’s, Rector of Somerby, Lincs., and Chaplain to Queen Victoria, and Jane Octavia, youngest dau. of Sir Charles Abraham Elton, Bart.; b. 19 May 1857; adm. (G) 15 Apr 1871; Min. Can. 1872; left Christmas 1872; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 May 1875, matr. Mich. 1875; Winchester Reading Prize (jointly) 1878; adm. Inner Temple 5 Nov 1878; a journalist on staff Saturday Review for many years; went on the stage 1879, first appearing with Charles Kelly’s company at a morning performance in Alexandra Palace; joined the Bancrofts at the Haymarket Theatre Jan 1880; rented the Haymarket Theatre for the summer season, 1884; with Lowenfeld at the Prince of Wales’s Theatre, 1894; retired from the stage 1911; Joint Examiner of Plays, Lord Chamberlain’s Office, from 27 Nov 1911; author, Random Recollections, 1902, and a number of plays; m. Frances Mary, dau. of William Grogan; d. 20 Oct 1913.