BRIGGS, WILLIAM THOMAS, brother of Sir John Henry Briggs (qv); b. 25 Sep 1809; adm. 23 Sep 1822 (Stikeman's); Cadet, EICS Bengal, 1825; Ensign, 6th Extra Native Infantry, 11 Feb 1826; Lieut., 31 May 1829; 74th Native Infantry, 4 Nov 1829; d. unm. at Nyagaon, Bengal, India 30 Apr 1838.

Briggs, Nigel Mansfield, son of Arthur Briggs, banker, and Lilian, d. of Robert Oldfield; b. 6 Feb. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1940; RAC (Westminster Dragoons) 1943, Oxf. & Bucks LI 1944 (Capt. ); Steel Bros & Co., East India merchants, man. dir. Italy 1953-5, Iraq 1955-8; m. 21 Aug. 1954 Molly Enid, d. of Harry A. Rickwood; d. 13 Oct. 2002.

BRIGGS, SIR JOHN HENRY, eldest son of Sir John Thomas Briggs, Kt, Accountant-Gen. of the Navy, and Fanny, dau. of Thomas Lewis, Cadiz, Spain; b. 19 Apr 1808; adm. 23 Sep 1822 (Stikeman's); left 1825; Third Class Clerk, Admiralty Apr 1827- Dec 1834, Second Class Clerk Dec 1834 – Jan 1849, First Class Clerk Jan 1849 – Jul 1865, Chief Clerk 13 Jul 1865 – 28 Mar 1870; knighted 23 Jun 1870; author, Naval Administrations 1827-92, ed. by Lady Briggs, 1897; m. 1st, 27 Jan 1841 Amelia, eldest dau. of Luke Hopkinson, Bedford Row, London, coachmaker; m. 2nd, 9 Feb 1889 Elizabeth Charlotte, dau. of James Gruar; d. 26 Feb 1897.

BRIERCLIFFE, SAMUEL, son of Rev. Samuel Briercliffe, Vicar of Darrington, Yorks., and Ann Winkes; b. 30 Jun 1685; adm.; KS 1701; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1705, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1705, scholar 12 Apr 1706, matr. 1705/6; BA 1708/9; ordained deacon 19 Jun 1709, priest 24 Sep 1710 (both London); Curate, Hatfield, Herts.; Chaplain EICS, Fort William, 1713; buried Agra 15 Aug 1717.

BRIDGWATER, THOMAS, eldest son of Edward Bridgwater, Nevis, West Indies, Treasurer of Nevis, and Sarah ---; bapt. 8 Aug 1730; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1744 (as Bridgewater) (Watts'); left 1748; adm. Middle Temple 25 Oct 1752, called to bar 26 Nov 1756; m. 10 May 1764 Mary, sister of Edward Paris, Nevis, West Indies.

Bridgewater, Bentley Powell Conyers, son of Convers Bridgewater OBE, barrister-at-law, and Violet Irene, d. of Israel Wood Powell, med. practitioner in Victoria BC, Canada; b. 6 Sept. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (G), KS 1926; left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1965; staff of Brit. Museum 1937; Asst Principal Dominions Office 1941-2; For. Office 1942-5; Sec. Brit. Museum 1948-73 (dep. Keeper 1950, Keeper 1961); retd 1973; d. Feb. 1996

BRIDGES, JOHN, son of Southcott Bridges, London; b.; adm.; KS 1678; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1683, matr. 17 Dec 1683, aged 19, Westminster Student 17 Dec 1683-97 (void); BA 1687; MA 1690; BCL and DCL 1694; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons, 8 Jul 1697; m. Ann ---.

BRIDGES, BROOK, third son of John Bridges, Barton Seagrave, Northants., and Elizabeth, dau. of William Trumbull, Easthampstead, Berks., and sister of Sir William Trumbull, Kt, Secretary of State; bapt. 12 Jan 1670/1; adm.; KS 1684; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1689, matr. 17 Jun 1689, aged 18, Westminster Student from 30 Dec 1689; BA 1693; adm. Inner Temple; d. 1693.

BRIDGES, BROOK EDWARD, fifth son of Sir Brook Bridges, Bart., MP, Goodnestone Park, Kent, and Fanny, dau. of Edmond Fowler, Graces, Essex; b. 7 Sep 1779; adm. 7 Oct 1790; KS 1793; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Jul 1797, matr. Mich. 1797; BA 1801; MA 1805; ordained deacon 1802, priest 1803 (both lit. dim. from Canterbury); Perpetual Curate of Goodnestone, Kent, 27 Apr 1804-14, again 1816; Rector of Orlingbury, Northants., 24 Apr 1805-7; Rector of Bonnington, Kent, from 18 Jun 1807; Prebendary of Lichfield, 13 Apr 1810; Vicar of Lenham, Kent, from 2 Aug 1810; Perpetual Curate of Wingham, Kent, from 15 May 1817; m. 22 Nov 1809 Harriet, second dau. of John Foote, Lombard Street, London, banker; d. 23 Apr 1825.

Bridgeman-Williams, Hewitt, son of R. A. Bridgeman-Williams of Harrow, and Rose Agnes, d. of Hewitt Bridgeman of Yokohama, Japan; b. 11 Sept. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (H); left Dec. 1925; a dental surgeon, LDS 1938; practised in London; hon. consult. surgeon Queen Victoria Hosp.; m. 23 Apr. 1943 Sylvia Muriel, d. of Bertie Gough of Charlton Adam, Somerset; d. 15 June 1978.