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BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS, son of Rev. William Browne, Vicar of Burton on Trent, Staffs., and Prebendary of Lichfield, and Ann, dau. of Isaac Hawkins; b. 21 Jan 1705-6; in under school lists as Browne 1715-7; adm. (or readm. ) (aged 13) Feb 1719/20, as Isaac Hawkins; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Sep 1721, matr. Easter 1723; BA 1725/6; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Jun 1722, called to bar 27 Jun 1728; of Badger Hall, Shropshire; MP Wenlock 7 Dec 1744-54; FRS 2 Feb 1749/50; according to Dr Johnson he was “one of the first wits of this country” and “of all conversers the most delightful” (Boswell, Life of Johnson, ed. G. B. Hill, ii, 339); author, De Animi Immortalitate, 1754, and other poems, an edition of which was published by his son in 1768; m. 10 Feb 1744 Jane, dau. of Ven. David Trimnel DD, Archdeacon of Leicester; d. 14 Feb 1760. DNB.

BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS, only son of Isaac Hawkins Browne (qv); b. 7 Dec 1745; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner, 1780); Hertford Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 May 1763; MA 1767; DCL 9 Jul 1773; Grand Tour (France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany) in 1770s; of Badger Hall, Shropshire; High Sheriff Shropshire, 1783; MP Bridgnorth 1784-1812; FRS 5 Jul 1770; author, Essays Religious and Moral, 1815, and of a further collection of essays published posthumously; m. 1st, 12 May 1788 Henrietta, eldest dau. of Hon. Edward Hay (qv); m. 2nd, 13 Dec 1805 Elizabeth, second dau. of Thomas Boddington, Clapton, Middlesex, West India merchant, director Bank of England; d. 30 May 1818. DNB.

BROWNLOW, SIR JOHN, BART., eldest son of Sir Richard Brownlow, Bart., Great Humby, Lincs., and Elizabeth, dau. of John Freke, Stretton [Stratton ?], Dorset; b. 26 Jun 1659; succ. father as 3rd baronet 30 Aug 1668; adm. Jun 1675 (Lady E. Cust, The Cust family, 1909, ii, 156); High Sheriff Lincolnshire 1688; MP Grantham from Jan 1688/9; m. 27 Mar 1676 Alice, eldest dau. of Richard Sherard, Lobthorpe, Lincs.; d. 16 Jul 1697.

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, HENRY, 2ND DUKE OF CHANDOS, sixth son of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (qv), and his first wife; bap 1 Feb 1707/8; adm. Jul 1717; in under school list 1720; St. John’s Coll. Camb., adm. fellow commoner 1 Feb 1723/4; Grand Tour 1724-7; Cornet, Vicars’ Dragoons 25 Dec 1726, res 1727; MP Hereford 1727-34, Steyning 1734-41, Bishop’s Castle 1741 - 9 Aug 1744; attached to Household of Frederick, Prince of Wales, as First Lord of the Bedchamber 26 Feb 1729 – Oct 1742, and Groom of the Stole 1 Oct 1742-51; KB 12 Jan 1731/2; succ. his father as 2nd Duke of Chandos 9 Aug 1744; Grand Master of the Order of Freemasons 1738-9; m. 1st, 21 Dec 1728 Lady Mary Bruce, dau. of Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury; m. 2nd, 25 Dec 1744 Anne Jefferies, of the Pelican Inn, Newbury, Berks. (see Notes and Queries, 4th ser., vi, 179); m. 3rd, 28 Jul 1767 Elizabeth, second dau. of Sir John Major, Bart., MP; d. 28 Nov 1777.

BRYDGES, JAMES, 1ST DUKE OF CHANDOS, fourth but eldest surviving son of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, Ambassador to Constantinople, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir Henry Bernard, Kt., Bridgnorth, Shropshire, Turkey merchant; b. 6 Jan 1673/4; adm. 1686; an interesting letter, written by his father from Constantinople, confides his “three poor little boys (all the treasure the kind God of his kind mercy hath spared me)” to Richard Busby (qv), then Head Master (GM 1792, i, 39); New Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Jun 1690; FRS 30 Nov 1694; MP Hereford Jul 1698 - 16 Oct 1714; member, Council to Lord High Admiral, 29 Mar 1703 - 5 Apr 1705; Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces Abroad, 10 May 1705 – Sep 1713; succ. father as 9th Baron Chandos 16 Oct 1714; cr. Earl of Carnarvon 19 Oct 1714 and Duke of Chandos 29 Apr 1719; Lord Lieut., Herefordshire 11 Sep 1721 - 16 Jul 1741, and of Radnorshire from 11 Sep 1721; Privy Councillor 11 Nov 1721; Chancellor, Univ. of St. Andrews; the “princely” Chandos expended some £200, 000 in building his country house at Canons, near Edgware, Middlesex; Handel spent two years there composing anthems for the chapel, and writing Esther, his first English oratorio; Defoe describes the splendour of the house in his Tour through England, and Pope refers to it as “Timon’s Villa” in his Epistle to Lord Burlington; m. 1st, 27 Feb 1695/6 Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Lake, Kt., Canons, Whitchurch, Middlesex; m. 2nd, 4 Aug 1713 Cassandra, dau. of Francis Willoughby FRS, naturalist, Wollaton, Notts.  ; m. 3rd, Apr 1736 Lydia Catharine, widow of Sir Thomas Davall MP, and dau. of John Vanhatten; d. 9 Aug 1744. DNB.

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.

BRYDGES, JOHN, MARQUIS OF CARNARVON, fourth son of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (qv), and his first wife; b. 15 Jan 1702/3; styled Viscount Wilton 1714-9, Marquis of Carnarvon from 1719; adm. Jul 1717; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Nov 1719; DCL 8 Apr 1721; Grand Tour (Netherlands, France, Germany) 1721-3; Leyden Univ. 1721; MP Steyning from 26 Jan 1725/6; m. 1 Sep 1724 Lady Catherine Tollemache, second dau. of Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Earl of Dysart (S) MP; d. of smallpox 7 Apr 1727.

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.

BULKELEY, JAMES, 6TH VISCOUNT BULKELEY (I), brother of Richard Bulkeley, 5th Viscount Bulkeley (I) (qv); b. 2 Mar 1716/7; adm. Jan 1724/5; left 1728; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 Apr 1735; succ. his brother as 6th Viscount Bulkeley (I) 15 Mar 1738/9; Constable of Beaumaris Castle and Chamberlain of North Wales; MP Beaumaris from 20 Apr 1739; m. 5 Aug 1749 Emma, dau. of Thomas Rowlands, Nant, Caernarvonshire; d. 24 May 1752.