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BRAINE, JOHN, eldest son of John Smith Braine, Chief Clerk (Seamen’s Wages), Navy Office, Somerset House, London; b. 2 Jun 1805; adm. 10 Jan 1815; KS 10 Mar 1820; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1823, adm. pens. 9 May 1823, scholar 1824; 12th Classic and 17th Junior Optime 1827; BA 1827; MA 1832; an Usher at the School 1826-34; Usher up Stelfox’s; ordained deacon 14 Jun 1829, priest 6 Jun 1830 (both London); Master of a proprietary school at Stockwell, Surrey; d. 26 Sep 1848. [Mother perhaps Anna Maria Bennett (IGI)]

Bramall, Sir Ernest Ashley, son of Maj. Edmund Haselden Bramall RA, and Katherine Bridget, d. of Capt. Ashley Westby of Bath; b. 6 Jan. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (A); left Dec. 1930 and went to Canford Sch.; Magd. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA 1955; 1st Northants Yeomanry 1941; transf. to Reece Corps 1941; ERE list 1942 (Maj.); MP (Lab) Bexley 1946-50; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) Nov. 1949; Westminster City Council 1959-68, LCC 1961-5, GLC and ILEA 1964-86; Chairman ILEA 1965-7 and 1984-6, Leader 1970-81; Chairman and Vice­ Chairman Council of LEAs 197 5-7; Leader Man. Panel Burnham Committee 1973-8; Kt 1975; DL (Greater Land.) 1982; Chairman Nat. Council for Drama Training 1981-; Council of City Univ. 1981-; Governor Museum of London 1981-; Grand Officer Order of Orange-Nassau 1982; Chairman GLC 1982-3; m. 1st 1939 Margaret Elaine Taylor OBE, d. of Raymond Taylor; 2nd 1950 Germaine Margaret, d. of Dr V. Bloch; d. 10 Feb. 1999

Bramall, Hugh Stanley Richard, son of Stanley Bramall, stockbroker, of Putney, and Eva Rose, d. of Henry Darley Hill; b. 14 May 1907; adm. Apr. 1920 (R); left Apr. 1925; a stockbroker's clerk; d. 4 Mar. 1936.

BRAMFIELD, JOHN, son of William Bramfield, Clothall, Herts., and Mary Anne, dau. of John Bill, Ashwell, Herts., Serjeant at Law, and niece of Very Rev. William Bill, Dean of Westminster; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1576, adm. scholar 1577, matr. Easter 1577; BA 1580/1.

BRAMFIELD, WILLIAM, brother of John Bramfield (qv); b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1580, adm. scholar 1581, matr. Lent 1580/1; BA 1584/5; ordained; Vicar of Sandon, Herts., from 1591; d. 1607.

Bramhall, John Gilzean Reid, son of Col. Edward Albert Bramhall, E. Yorks Regt, and Millicent, d. of Sir Hugh Gilzean Reid LLD MP, newspaper proprietor and journalist, of Tenterden Hall, Middx; b. 10 Oct. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (H); left July 1932; a journalist on the staff of The Glasgow Herald 1934-7, The Daily Mirror 1937; retd through ill-health 1937; d. 16 Nov. 1974.

BRAMSTON, JAMES, son of Francis Bramston, Chelmsford, Essex, and Sarah, dau. of Sir William Glascock, Kt; b.; adm.; BB in 1704; QS (aged 14) 1708; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1713, matr. 23 Jun 1713, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1713-22 (void); BA 1717; MA 1720; adm. Middle Temple 20 May 1718; ordained deacon (Oxford) 12 Jun 1720, priest (Winchester) 5 Mar 1720/1; chaplain to a regiment; Vicar of Lurgashall, Sussex, from 10 Mar 1723/4; Domestic Chaplain to John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham (qv), 5 Nov 1739; Vicar of Harting, Sussex, from 7 Nov 1739; a poet; author, The Art of Politicks, 1729, The Man of Taste, 1733, and other poems; m. (by 1 Mar 1723/4) Elizabeth ---; d. 16 Mar 1743/4. DNB.

Brand, Charles Neville, only son of Charles James Brand, of Hampstead, by Alice Emma, daughter of William Dobell Hutchings, of Surbiton, Surrey; b. Jan. 5, 1895; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (R); left July 1913; a clerk in the Bank of England 1914; served in Great War I 1914-8 as Flight Sub-Lieut. R. N. A. S. (Seaplane Pilot), and Lieut. R. N. V. R. (Auxiliary Patrol); author of two vols. of poems and several novels; m. Aug. 17, 1918, Norah Joyce, eldest daughter of Victor Vaughan, of Hampstead, Middlesex; d. Sept. 2, 1951.

BRANDON, EDWARD TYRELL HORACE, son of Horace Brandon, Putney, Surrey, solicitor; b. 2 Jun 1863; adm. (G) 5 Apr 1877; QS 1878; left Aug 1881; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. Jan. 1882, matr. Lent 1882; BA and LLB 1884; adm. solicitor Feb 1888; practised in Dover Street, Piccadilly, London; m.; d. 8 Nov 1920.

Brandon, Lionel, brother of Edward Tyrell Horace Brandon (q.v.); b. July 4, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (R); left July 1892; went to King's College School; served in Great War I; Capt. R. A. S. C. July 7, 1917; d. Sept. 11, 1935.