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Breem, Wallace Wilfred Swinburne, son of Richard Wallace Breem MM, Headmaster Down House Sch., Esher, and Edith Mary, d. of William Hopkin Wright, land agent, of Cambridge; b. 13 May 1926; adm. May 1940 (A); left Apr. 1944; Frontier Force Regt IA 1945, transf. to QVO Corps of Guides Feb. 1946 (Capt. ), served NW Frontier 1946-7; asst. librarian, Inner Temple 1950, sub-librarian 1956, librarian and keeper of MSS 1965-90; founder member Brit. and Irish Assn. of Law Librarians 1969, hon. sec. and treasurer 1969-76, chmn. 1976-80, vice-pres. 1980-8, pres. 1988-90; author of novels Eagle in the Snow 1970, The Legate’s Daughter 1974, The Leopard and the Cliff 1978; contributor to and editor of many legal publications; m. 28 May 1966 Daphne Audrey, d. of Ernest Joseph Parnham, analytical chemist, of Huntercombe, Bucks; d. 12 Mar. 1990.

Bremner, Alistair John Bruce, son of Douglas Bruce Bremner AMICE, of Battersea; b. 24 Feb. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (H); left Dec. 1934; d. Jan. 2003.

Bremner, Cecil James, son of David Alexander Bremner, of Westminster, by Minnie, daughter of Edward Upton, of St. Margaret's Bay, Kent; b. March 10, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left July 1912; temp. 2nd Lieut. 9th Batt. East Kent Regt. Nov. 30, 1914; Lieut. 2nd Batt. Nov. 1, 1915; Capt. Feb. 28, 1918; M.C. June 3, 1918; obtained a Colonial Service appointment, Kenya Colony, May 1920; 2nd Lieut. The Buffs May 10, 1940; transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps May 8, 1942; Capt.; m. April 26, 1920, Gabrielle Caroline Jeanne, daughter of Joseph Vander Veken, of Antwerp; d. 21 Oct. 1993.

Brenan, Cecil Fynes-Clinton, son of Charles Frederick Brenan, insurance office manager, of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, and Edith, d. of Rev. Osbert Fynes-Clinton, Rector of Barlow Moor, Lancs; b. 10 Apr. 1907; adm. Jan. 1921 (R); left Apr. 1924; Univ. Coll. of N. Wales 1924-8, BSc; AMIEE 1939, CEng MIEE 1970; Central Electr. Board and Brit. Eltctr. Authority 1931- 49; Eastern Electr. Board 1949-61; teacher Norwich HS for Girls 1964-81, retd 1981; m. 1st 4 June 1932 Beatrice Annie, d. of Robert Howarth, solicitor; 2nd 21 Apr. 1965 Anthea Daphne, d. of David Ogmore Williams, med. practitionter, of Horsham, Sussex; d. 7 Nov. 1992.

Brend, Gavin Cunningham, son of William Alfred Brend, M. D., of Battersea, by Lilian Jessie, daughter of Gavin Brown Clark, M. P., of East Heath Road, Hampstead, Middlesex; b. Jan. 28, 1904; adm. May 2, 1917 (H); left Aug. 1922; admitted a solicitor Feb. 1929; practised in London; Chairman of the Sherlock Holmes Society; author of Dear Holmes; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. March 28, 1941; Flying Officer March 28, 1942; m. April 15, 1939, Lucy Phyllis, daughter of William George Challenger, of Boscombe, Hants.; d. Feb. 13, 1958.

Brenon, Edward Percy Algernon St. John, son of Edward St. John Brenon, of Kensington, author; b. Jan. 14, 1875; adm. Jan. 18, 1888 (H); left Oct. 1888; was at St. Paul's School Jan.- July 1889; at King's College School 1891-3; a school master and dramatic critic in New York; m. Grace Partridge, the contralto singer.

BRENT, CHARLES, son of Daniel Brent, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, woollen draper, and Jane, dau. of William Stobart, Richmond, Surrey; bapt. 9 Jan 1682/3; adm.; KS 1696; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1701, matr. 4 Jul 1701, aged 18, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1701, Tutor 1712-5, Junior Censor 1712-3, Librarian 1713 (but degraded for one year for neglect of studies, 24 Dec 1706); BA 1705; MA 24 Mar 1707/8; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1708, priest (Winchester) 18 Jun 1709; Rector of Heythrop, Oxfordshire, from 1714; d. 17 Jan 1722.

BRENT, WILLIAM BRENT, son of William Hodgkinson, Eltham, Kent, and Sarah --- [perhaps Holmes] (IGI); bapt. Bexley, Kent 23 Aug 1786 (IGI); in school lists 1801, 1803 (G); known as Brent at school; head Town Boy in Oct 1803; author of prologue and epilogue to Tom Thumb, acted by the Grantites in Nov 1803; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1804, aged 18; BA 1809; assumed surname of Brent in lieu of Hodgkinson 1807, as nephew and heir of Timothy Brent, Secretary to Board of Green Cloth, Surveyor-Gen. Duchy of Cornwall and army agent; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jun 1808, called to bar 18 Nov 1813; special pleader; Home circuit; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1824-31, when post abolished); Clerk of Verge, Royal Household 28 May 1814 (still 1837); Steward and Judge, Palace Court of Westminster, 7 Aug 1830-49; d. 1857 (will proved 7 Mar 1857, as of Gower Street).

Brenton, Guy Sansom, son of Robert Ivor Brenton MBE, Air Ministry, and Violet Jean Victoria, d. of John Edge of Chiswick; b. 2 Mar. 1927; adm. Sept. 1940 (KS); left July 1945; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1945; a documentary film maker; d. 31 July 1994.

BRERETON, ROBERT, brother of Owen Salusbury-Brereton (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1728; KS 1731; left 1735; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Nov 1735, scholar 6 May 1737, matr. 1735; LLB Lambeth 1750; ordained; [Chaplain, 45th Foot 11 Jan 1740/1 – still 1773 ?]; Vicar of Northop, Flints., from 1747; Perpetual Curate of St. Nicholas’s, Liverpool, 1750 (dispensation to hold with Northop, 1750); d. 5 Oct 1784. [presumably also Chaplain, Royal Navy 1746]