BROMLEY, WILLIAM THROCKMORTON, elder son of William Bromley (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1737 (Playford's); left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1744; of Baginton, Warwicks.; MP Warwickshire from 6 Feb 1765; m. May 1756 Bridget, eldest dau. of Richard Davenport, Davenport and Calveley, Cheshire; d. 4 Mar 1769.

BROMLEY, WILLIAM, son of Right Hon. William Bromley PC MP, Baginton, Warwicks., Speaker of the House of Commons, subsequently Secretary of State, Northern Dept., and his fourth wife Elizabeth, dau. of Ralph Stawell, 1st Baron Stawell; half-brother of Thomas Bromley (qv); b. 11 Jan 1699; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1714; left 1716; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Feb 1716/7; DCL (from Oriel Coll. ) 19 May 1732; Grand Tour (Italy) 1722-3; of Baginton, Warwicks.; a Tory politician; MP Fowey 15 Mar 1725-7, Warwick 1727- 25 Feb 1734-5, Oxford University from 9 Feb 1736/7; moved repeal of Septennial Act, 13 Mar 1734; m. 2 Jul 1724 Lucy, dau. of Clement Throckmorton, Haseley, Warwicks., physician; d. 12 Mar 1736/7. DNB.

BROOKE, ROBERT; b. ; adm. ; KS 1633. [Note Robert Brooke, of Suffolk, St. Catherine’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. fellow commoner Mich. 1637. Possibly Sir Robert Brooke, knighted 1660, MP Aldeburgh 1660-1, d. 25 Feb 1693/4]

BROOKE-PECHELL, SIR THOMAS, BART., eldest son of Lieut. -Col. Sir Paul Pechell, Bart., and Mary, only surviving child of Thomas Brooke, Pagglesham Hall, Essex; b. 23 Jan 1753; adm. 17 Jan 1765; KS 1767; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1771, matr. 30 May 1771, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1771 - void 30 Jun 1781; BA 1775; MA 1779; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1772 [check]; Sub-Lieut., 2nd Horse Grenadier Guards, 3 Dec 1783; Guidon and Capt., 1 May 1788; Brevet Maj., 3 May 1796; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Apr 1802; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1811; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; succ. father as 2nd baronet 13 Jan 1800; assumed additional surname of Brooke 22 Nov 1800 [or 1801, check]; Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to Queen Charlotte 1786 – Apr 1795, Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Charlotte Apr 1795 – May 1805, and Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to Queen Charlotte May 1805 – 1818; MP Downton 26 Apr 1813-8, and from 22 Feb 1819; m. 26 Apr 1783 Charlotte, sister of Henry Mordaunt Clavering (qv); d. 17 Jun 1826.

BROWN, PETER; b.; adm. (aged 16) Feb 1746/7 (Gibson's); left 1748. [Probably Peter Browne-Kelly, 2nd Earl of Altamont (I), son of John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont (I), and Anne, eldest surviving dau. of Sir Arthur Gore, Bart.; b.; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1748, aged 17; assumed surname of Kelly on his marriage; MP (I) Co. Mayo [check]; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Altamont (I) 4 Jul 1776; m. 16 Apr 1752 Elizabeth, only dau. of Denis Kelly, Lisduffe, co. Galway, Ireland, Chief Justice of Jamaica; d. 28 Dec 1780] [Whitmore also thinks so]

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.

BRYDGES, JAMES, 3RD DUKE OF CHANDOS, only son of Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos (qv); b. 27 Dec 1731; adm. Jun 1742 (Hawkins'); left 1749; MP Winchester 1754-61, Radnorshire 1761-8; DCL Oxford 1 Oct 1755; a Lord of the Bedchamber 25 Nov 1760 - Jul 1764; Lord Lieut. Hampshire 15 Jun 1763- 20 Aug 1764, 6 Feb 1771- 10 May 1780; succ. father as 3rd Duke of Chandos 28 Nov 1771; Privy Councillor 12 May 1775; Lord Steward of the Household from 26 Dec 1783; DCL Oxford 1 Oct 1755; m. 1st, 22 Mar 1753 Margaret, dau. of John Nicoll, Southgate, Middlesex; m. 2nd, 20 Jun 1777 Anne Eliza, widow of Roger Hope Elletson, and dau. of Richard Gamon, Datchworthbury, Herts.; d. 29 Sep 1789.

BUCKNILL, SIR THOMAS TOWNSEND, second son of Sir John Charles Bucknill, Kt., MD FRS FRCP, Bournemouth, Hants., one of the Lord Chancellor’s Visitors in Lunacy, and Mary Anne, only child of Thomas Townsend, Hillmorton Hall, Rugby, Warwicks.; b. 18 Apr 1845; adm. 29 Jan 1858 (James'); left Christmas 1858; went to Geneva; adm. Inner Temple 11 Nov 1865, called to bar 17 Nov 1868, Bencher 20 Nov 1891; Western Circuit and Admiralty Court; QC 1885; Recorder of Exeter 1885-99; Alderman, Surrey County Council, 1889-92; MP (Cons) Mid Surrey 1892 - Jan 1899; Judge of Queen’s Bench Division, High Court, Jan 1899 - Feb 1914, when he retired owing to ill health; knighted 14 Jan 1899; Privy Councillor 1914; JP (1904) Surrey; Busby Trustee 19 Jun 1894-1908; ed., Abbott on Shipping, and other legal works; m. 21 Dec 1878 Annie Bell, second dau. of Henry Bell Ford, Clifton, Gloucs.; d. 4 Oct 1915.

BULLER, SIR ANTHONY, brother of John Francis Buller (qv); b. 26 Jul 1780; adm. 29 Feb 1788; KS 1794; played cricket against Eton 25 Jul 1796; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Jul 1797, called to bar 12 May 1803; MP West Looe 1812 - Mar 1816; Puisne Judge, Supreme Court, Madras, 6 Sep 1815, transferred to Bengal 10 Apr 1816; knighted 23 Apr 1816; retd. 1 Jan 1827; again MP West Looe 1831-2; of Pound, Devon; m. 4 Feb 1805 his cousin Isabella Jane, sister of William Lemon (qv); d. 27 Jun 1866.

BUNBURY, SIR THOMAS CHARLES, BART., eldest son of Sir William Bunbury, Bart. (qv); b. May 1740; adm. Apr 1751 (Watts'); in school list 1754; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. 17 Apr 1756, matr. Mich. 1757; MA 1765; Grand Tour (Italy) 1760-1; MP Suffolk 1761-84, 1790-1812; Secretary to Embassy, Paris, Aug 1763 - May 1765, and Chief Secretary to Lord Lieut. Ireland, Jun-Aug 1765, but did not perform duties of either post; succ. father as 6th baronet, 11 Jun 1764; High Sheriff, Suffolk 1788; a well-known owner of racehorses, including Diomed, winner of the first Derby, 1780, Eleanor, winner of the Oaks and Derby, 1801, and Smolensko, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby, 1813; m. 1st, 2 Jun 1762 (div. 1776) Lady Sarah Lennox, sister of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); m. 2nd, 21 Nov 1805 Margaret Cocksedge; d. 31 Mar 1821.