Bridburg (subsequently Bridbury), Anthony Randolph, son of Henry and Rhoda Bridburg of Hampstead; b. 3 Oct. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (H); left July 1942; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1942; LSE, BSc 1949, PhD 1953; lecturer, LSE 1954-89, latterly sen. lecturer in Mediaeval Economic History; author, Historians and the Open Soc. 1972; m. 21 Oct. 1955 Hilary Clare, d. of Reginald Kendall Love of Chalfont St Peter, Bucks.

BRICKENDEN, ALEXANDER; b.; adm.; QS; a pensioner 1564-7 (tutor, Prebendary Wiborne) (Chapter Muniments 54005-54015).

BREWER, HARRIS HEAL, eldest son of Alfred Brewer, Watford, Herts., and Anne, dau. of John Harris Heal, Tottenham Court Road, London, furniture manufacturer; b. 12 Dec 1863; adm. 28 May 1875 (James'); left May 1881; adm. solicitor Feb 1887; m. 1 Sep 1887 Amy Elizabeth, younger dau. of Stephen Salter, Watford, Herts.; d. 22 Nov 1891.

BREVAL, JOHN DURANT, son of Rev. Francis Durant de Bréval DD, Rector of Milton, Kent, and Prebendary of Westminster, formerly a Roman Catholic priest, and Susanna Samoline; b. ; KS (aged 12) 1693; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1697, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1697, scholar 6 May 1698; BA 1700/1; MA 1704; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. , 2 Oct 1703, Major Fellow 28 Apr 1704 - expelled 5 Apr 1708, having become involved with a married woman ; enlisted as volunteer in British Army in Flanders, and employed by Duke of Marlborough on diplomatic missions to various German courts; Lieut. , 5th Foot, 10 Nov 1713 (commission renewed, 1 Jun 1715); wrote for the London booksellers, chiefly under the name of Joseph Gay; travelling tutor to George, Viscount Malpas, on his Grand Tour in early 1720s, and subsequently tutor to John Crawley, in Italy in 1725; ridiculed Pope, who retaliated in the Dunciad; author, Remarks on several parts of Europe, 1723-8, and various poetical and dramatic works; d. in Paris Jan 1738/9. DNB.

BRETT, WILLIAM BALIOL, 1ST VISCOUNT ESHER, brother of Wilford George Brett (qv); b. 13 Aug 1815; adm. (G) 11 Jan 1830; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1835, matr. Mich. 1835; rowed in Cambridge eight against Leander 1837, 1838, and against Oxford 1839; stroked the Cambridge Subscription Rooms eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley 1841; BA 1840; MA 1845; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Apr 1839, called to bar 29 Jan 1846, Bencher 1861-8; Northern circuit; QC 22 Feb 1861; contested (Cons) Rochdale 1865; MP (Cons) Helston 5 Jul 1866 - Aug 1868; Solicitor-Gen., 10 Feb - Aug 1868; knighted 29 Feb 1868; Serjeant-at-law; Justice of the Common Pleas 24 Aug 1868-75; Judge of the High Court, Queen’s Bench Division, 1875-6; Lord Justice of Appeal 27 Oct 1876 - Apr 1883; Privy Councillor 28 Nov 1876; Master of the Rolls 3 Apr 1883 - Oct 1897; cr. Baron Esher 24 Jul 1885; cr. Viscount Esher 11 Nov 1897; Hon. Fellow, Gonville and Caius Coll., 7 Oct 1886; a Busby Trustee 18 May 1886 - Jun 1890; m. 3 Apr 1850 Eugénie, only dau. of Louis Mayer, Lyon, France, and step-dau. of Col. John Gurwood CB; d. 24 May 1899. DNB.

BRETT, WILFORD GEORGE, eldest son of Rev. Joseph George Brett, Ranelagh House, Chelsea, Vicar of Lenham, Kent, and Perpetual Curate of Hanover Chapel, Regent Street, London, and Dorothy, second dau. of George Best MP, Chilston Park, Kent; b. 5 Aug 1814; adm. (G) 14 Sep 1829; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. 11 Oct 1834, scholar 1835, matr. Mich. 1834; BA 1839; MA 1842; adm. Middle Temple 18 Jan 1837, called to bar 24 Apr 1840; conveyancer and equity draughtsman; private secretary to Lord Romilly, Master of the Rolls; Secretary, Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 2 Apr 1869; JP Middlesex; d. 1 Dec 1871.

BRETT, THOMAS, son of Arthur Brett, Ghent, Flanders; b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1722; Min. Can. 1728; KS 1729.

BRETT, ARTHUR, son of John Brett, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1650; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1653, matr. 20 Jul 1654, Westminster Student; BA 6 Feb 1656/7; MA 1659; ordained; Rector of Templeton, Devon, 1662; Vicar of Market Lavington, Wilts., 10 May 1670, but shortly afterwards resigned his living and came up to London, where he fell into poverty and begged in the street; author, A Poem on the Restoration of King Charles II, 1660, and other poems; d. c. 1677. DNB.

BRETT, --- ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1640 (Chapter Muniments 32460).

BRERETON, ROBERT, brother of Owen Salusbury-Brereton (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1728; KS 1731; left 1735; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Nov 1735, scholar 6 May 1737, matr. 1735; LLB Lambeth 1750; ordained; [Chaplain, 45th Foot 11 Jan 1740/1 – still 1773 ?]; Vicar of Northop, Flints., from 1747; Perpetual Curate of St. Nicholas’s, Liverpool, 1750 (dispensation to hold with Northop, 1750); d. 5 Oct 1784. [presumably also Chaplain, Royal Navy 1746]