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BRODRICK, LAURENCE, only surviving son of Rev. Laurence Brodrick DD, Rector of Mixbury, Oxfordshire, Chaplain to House of Commons and Prebendary of Westminster, and Anne Humphrys; bapt. 11 Oct 1715; adm.; in school list 1729; KS (aged 14) 1730; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1735, matr. 9 Jun 1735, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1735 - res 26 Mar 1746; BA 1739; MA 1742; adm. Middle Temple 26 Oct 1733; ordained; Rector of Callan, co. Kilkenny, 15 Jul 1745; Treasurer of Lismore, 16 Aug 1745-78; Vicar of Derragarth and Ballybeacon, 16 Aug 1745; Vicar of Tubrid; Rector of Stradbally, 1774; m. (settlement dated 21 Apr 1748) his cousin Jane, youngest dau. of Right Hon. St. John Brodrick PC (I) MP MP (I); d. Apr 1786.

BROGDON, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1553-4 (Chapter Muniments).

BROGRAVE, EDWARD, second son of Simeon Brograve, Gray’s Inn and Hammels, Braughing, Herts., barrister, and Dorothy, dau. of Thomas Leventhorpe, Albury, Herts.; b.; at school under Wilson (Al. Cant. ); previously at Aldenham Sch.; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 May 1622, matr. 1622; adm. Gray’s Inn 10 Jun 1624; of Standon, Herts.; m. Alice, dau. of Robert Burges, Brisley, Norfolk; living 1652.

BROKE, NICHOLAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 12 Jun 1549 (Acts of Chapter), still at school Mich. 1553; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Easter 1554.

BROKE, ROBERT; b.; adm.; QS 16 Jan 1553/4 (Acts of Chapter).

BROME, GRIFFITH, son of William Brome, Withington, Herefs., and Jane (Reynolds ?) (IGI); bapt. Withington, Herefs., 29 Sep 1709 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) Jun 1725 (as Griffith Broome); in school list 1727/8.

BROME, THOMAS, brother of Griffith Brome (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1726; KS 1727; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1732, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1732, scholar 20 Apr 1733; BA 1735/6; MA 1739; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1738, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1739; Professor of Music, Gresham Coll., 12 Mar 1739/40 - 23 Nov 1745.

Bromet, Richard Evelyn, son of George Albert Bromet, solicitor, of Tadcaster, Yorks, and Ellen Isobel, d. of George Robinson, chartered accountant; b. 30 Jan. 1906; adm. Jan. 1920 (G); left July 1924; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. 1924, BA 1927; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1930; practised in London to retirement 1974; RA 1939-45 (Maj.), despatches Feb. and June 1944; Croix de Guerre 1945; m. 5 Sept. 1931 Irene Ann Rowland, d. of Col. James Currie Robertson CMGCIE CBE IMS; d. Dec. 1997.

BROMFIELD, PHILIP; b.; adm. 21 Jan 1788; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 7 Oct 1794, HMS St. Fiorenzo; d. 24 Nov 1795, aged 18. [Perhaps son of John Bromfield, and Mary Capewell (IGI), bapt. Kingswinford, Staffs., 12 Nov 1775 (IGI), but Whitmore records him, more plausibly, as only son of Philip Bromfield, Rope Hill, Boldre, Hampshire, and Charlotte Street, London, Elder Brother of Trinity House, Capt. EI Maritime Service, and Celia, dau. of Odber Knapton, Brockenhurst and Lymington, Hampshire]

BROMLEY, CHARLES, brother of Robert Bromley (qv); b. 6 Feb 1820; adm. 26 Jan 1832 (Stelfox's); entered Royal Navy 1835; Sub-Lieut., 4 Aug 1841; Lieut., 1 Sep 1845; Cdr., 10 May 1856; retd. as Capt., 10 May 1871; served in Black Sea during Crimean War; d. 21 Feb 1892.