Brown, Norman John Peppin, son of Leslie Norman Brown, asst master St Paul's Sch., and Marjorie Ada, d. of William John Peppin of Dover; b. 26 Aug. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (H), KS 1936; left July 1941; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1941; BA 1947 (1st class hons PPE), MA 1948; fenced against Oxford 1948; asst Prof. of Philosophy Memorial Univ., St John's Newfoundland, 1952, assoc. Prof. 1955; assoc. Prof. Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ontario, 1965, Prof. 1968, Prof. Emeritus 1987; Humanities Res. Council of Canada 1974-6; organist and choir director St Mary's Cathedral, Kingston, 1975-; vice-pres. Roy. Canadian Coll. of Organists 1988; m. 1950 Dorothy Catherine, d. of Frederick Salkeld Plumpton of Sunderland, co. Durham; 19 April 2014.
Brown, Bertram Goulding, son of Walter Brown, of Regents Park, by Eliza Sophia, daughter of Alfred Parsons; b. July 5, 1881; adm. April 27, 1893 (H); left Aug. 1899; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 25, 1900); matric. Michaelmas 1900; exhibitioner 1902, major scholar 1903; 1st class History Tripos, part 1, 1902, 1st class, part 2, 1903; Greaves Prize for History 1902; Earl of Derby Student 1903-5; commended in exam. for the Lightfoot scholarship 1904; B.A. 1903; M.A. 1907; played chess for Cambridge v. Oxford 1901-4; president, Camb. Univ. Chess Club 1902-3; sometime asst. master Leys School; Director of Studies in History to Downing and Emmanuel Colleges, Cambridge; m. Aug. 18, 1910, May Marian, only daughter of William Mortlock, of Beckenham, Kent.
BROWN, ALEXANDER FORESTER; b. (Ireland ?) 27 Oct 1865; adm. (H) 24 Jan 1878; left May 1882.
Brown (subsequently Kelson), Alan Kelson, son of Sir Stuart Kelson Brown KCIE CB CVO, Dep. Under-Sec. of State India Office, and Dorothy Irene Freeth OBE, d. of Sir Evelyn Freeth Kt., sec. Estate Duty Office; b. 1 May 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left July 1939; Bournemouth Municipal Coll. 1939-41, 1946-7; assumed the name of Kelson in lieu of Brown 1941; RE in WW2 (Capt. ), attd Indian Engineers; Mechanical Engineer Admiralty (Civil Engineer-in-Chief’s Dept), Bath and London 1953, Wantage 1954-61, Rosyth 1961-4; MIMechE 1957; seconded RAF 1964-7 for NATO posting in Oslo (Sqdn Ldr); rejoined Admiralty Dept (later Min. of Pub. Building & Works) as building services engineer, London 1967-73, Bournemouth, Dorset to retirement in 1986; m. 13 Apr. 1962 Jennifer Agnes, d. of Col. Roy Schofield Parkes, Indian Army, of Warminster, Wilts; d. 22 Apr. 2015.
Brooks, Christopher John, son of William James Brooks, of Vauxhall, barrister-at-law, by Alice, daughter of Gilbert Wilson, of Bushey, Herts; b. May 20, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left July 1911; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. London Regt. July 26, 1911; Lieut. March 1, 1913; Capt. Dec. 3, 1915, attached Machine Gun Corps March 22, 1916; Major Feb. 16, 1918; served in France; wounded at Leuze Wood Sept. 25, 1916; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 1916 and Aug. 2, 1919; A. R. I. B.A. 1920; asst. architect with the Great Western Rly., and with the Railway Executive, Western Region; m. Feb. 24, 1915, Margaret, daughter of R. S. Colwill, of Farnham Royal, Bucks; d. April 28, 1951.
Brookman, John, son of Herbert Brookman, of Ealing, a member of the London Stock Exchange, by Edith Mary, daughter of Samuel Harwood, of Hammersmith; b. Aug. 30, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (H); left July 1916; 2nd Lieut. (unattached) May 1, 1917; Indian Army, 2nd Lieut. Dec. 3, 1917; Lieut. May 1, 1918; Capt. May 1, 1921; Major May 1, 1935; Lieut. Col. May 1, 1943; 3rd Gurkhas and Burma Rifles; retired March 4, 1947; served in Afghanistan 1919; Waziristan 1920-1; Burma Rebellion 1932; and in Burma 1939-42; m. Oct. 5, 1931, Kathleen Muriel, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Edward Victor Martin, Indian Army, of Jersey.
Brookman, Herbert Geoffrey, brother of John Brookman (q.v.); b. July 25, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (H); left Dec. 1914; Royal Naval Coll., Osborne; Midshipman R. N. Sept. 15, 1917; transferred from R. N. to R.A.F. in 1920; Flight-Lieut.; m. Oct. 1931, Pamela Brabazon; d. April 22, 1934.
Brooke, Edmund James Stanford Loftus, son of the Rev. James Mark Saurin Brooke, Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth, by Amy, only child of John Stanford, or Badingham, Suffolk; b. Oct. 29, 1889; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (H); left Dec. 1906; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. Leicestershire Regt. Sept. 29, 1914; relinquished his commission through ill health Jan. 16, 1915; was a motor ambulance driver in France March - Sept. 1916; Lieut. 4th Batt. Hampshire Regt. July 1, 1917; served in Egypt and Palestine 1917; demob. June 1919; M.C. Jan. 1, 1919; Sqdn.-Ldr. (Balloon) A. A. F. Jan. 31, 1939; Wing-Comdr. Sept. 1, 1940; resigned Feb. 23, 1942; m. April 20, 1921, Eileen, younger daughter of Lewis Hughes, of Cirencester, Gloucs.; d. Aug. 30, 1957.
Bristowe, Vivian Ernest John, brother of Leonard Syer Bristowe (q.v.); b. June 12, 1874; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (H); left July 1892; became a stock jobber and went out to South Africa shortly before Great War I; enlisted in the South African Medical Corps in Nov. 1915, and joined the East African Expeditionary Force in Jan. 1916; d. while on active service at Rug, Rufigi River, East Africa, April 14, 1917; unm.
BRISTOWE, CLARENCE CHALDICOTT, brother of Leonard Syer Bristowe (qv); b. 5 Oct 1867; adm. (H) 26 Jan 1877; left Dec 1884; for a short time a clerk in the office of a London stockbroker; d. after a lingering illness of nine years, 27 Jan 1897.