BROTHERTON, SIR THOMAS WILLIAM; b. 1785; at school under Vincent (information from J. L. Shadwell); Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 24 Jan 1800; Lieut. and Capt., 17 Jul 1801; half-pay, 25 Dec 1802; Capt., 53rd Foot, 10 Sep 1803; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards, 3 Dec 1803; Capt., 6th Foot, 15 Jan 1807; 21st Light Dragoons, 25 Mar 1807; 14th Light Dragoons, 4 Jun 1807; Brevet Maj., 28 Nov 1811; Maj., 14th Light Dragoons, 26 Mar 1812; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 19 May 1814; Lieut. -Col., 12th Lancers 26 Oct 1820; half-pay, unattached 24 May 1827; 95th Foot, 15 Jun 1830; Brevet Col. and ADC to King, 22 Jul 1830; Lieut. -Col., 16th Lancers 10 Feb 1832; Maj. -Gen., 23 Nov 1841; Col., 15th Light Dragoons 18 May 1849 – Jul 1859; Lieut. -Gen., 11 Nov 1850; Col., 1st Dragoon Guards, from 17 Jul 1859; Gen., 1 Apr 1860; served in Egypt 1801, Hanover 1805, and in Peninsular War 1808-14; wounded at Salamanca and at the Neve, where he was taken prisoner; CB 3 Feb 1817; KCB 5 Jul 1855; GCB 28 Jun 1861; m. 1st, 11 Jun 1819 Louisa Anne, eldest dau. of J. Stratton, Lisnawelly [check county]; m. 2nd, 20 Nov 1865 Thomasina, dau. of Rev. Walter Hoare; d. 20 Jan 1868. DNB.
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.
BROUGHTON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) May 1739; left 1743.
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]
BROUNCKER, FRANCIS, brother of Richard Brouncker (qv); b. 17 Oct 1806; adm. 12 Oct 1818 (Packharness'); d. unm.
BROUNCKER, HENRY, son of Francis Brouncker, Monmouth Street, Westminster; b. 18 Jul 1707; adm. Jan 1717/8; in under school list 1721; apprenticed to John Swinnerton, Lincoln’s Inn, attorney, 7 Dec 1721; adm. solicitor 7 Dec 1730, and adm. attorney 4 Nov 1750; Deputy Collector of St. Kitts, West Indies, 1736; m. 1st, 8 Nov 1758 Elizabeth, widow of John Orton, and dau. of Charles Payne, St. Kitts; m. 2nd, 1761 Susannah, dau. of Lewis Feuilleteau, St. Kitts; d. 4 Jul 1769.
BROUNCKER, RICHARD, elder son of Lewis William Brouncker, Pelhams, Dorset, and Harriet ---; grandson of Henry Brouncker (qv); b. 13 Sep 1801; adm. 13 Oct 1813; left Christmas 1814; afterwards at Eton; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1822; of Boveridge, Dorset; DL JP Dorset, High Sheriff 1833; m. 1st, 24 Jul 1827 Maryana, youngest dau. of Rev. Charles William Shuckburgh, Downton, Wilts.; m. 2nd, 2 Feb 1836, Catherine Jane, dau. of Capt. George Burdett RN, Longtown House, co. Kildare; d. 17 Mar 1862.
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.
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.