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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.

BRADSHAWE, GEORGE PARIS, only child of Maj. -Gen. George Paris Bradshawe KH, and Charlotte Dorothy, elder dau. of Maj. -Gen. William Croxton, EICS Bengal, Wadenhoe House, Northants.; b. 9 Jul 1853; adm. (G) 2 Oct 1869; left Christmas 1871; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Jan 1872; migr. to Charsley Hall; BA and MA 1878; adm. Middle Temple 15 Apr 1872, called to bar 26 Jan 1881; Northern circuit; d. 25 Mar 1889.

Bradley, John William Paulton, son of William Henry Bradley DM, sen. med. officer, Min. of Health, and Gladys Maud, d. of Charles Smith, mathematical instrument maker, of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey; b. 20 Oct. 1927; adm. Sept. 1942 (G); left July 1945; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949, BM 1952, MA 1953; RAF (med. ) 1953-9 (Sqdn. -Ldr. ); sen. MO, Task Force, Christmas Island, 1957; FRCS 1960; surg. registrar, Westminster Hosp. 1961-3; 1st asst. surgeon, St George’s Hosp. 1963-7; consult. surg., Hillingdon, Harefield and Mount Vernon Hosps. 1967-92; m. 1st, 1959 Heather Diane, d. of F. C. H. Cornell of Kingston-on-Thames; 2nd, 1987 Averil Olive Mansfield CBE MB ChB FRCS FRCP, Prof. of Vascular Surgery, St Mary’s Hosp. Med. Sch., Lond., consult. surgeon, d. of Ralph Dring of Liverpool; d. 30 Sept. 2013.

Brackenbury, Charles Edgar Mills, son of Henry Langton Brackenbury MP, of Thorpe Hall, Lincs, and Florence Adelia, d. of Edgar Mills of Merlo Park, California; b. 1 Feb. 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (G); left Dec. 1923; a motor engineer; m. 29 Apr. 1929 Muriel Irene, d. of Capt. Charles Edward McConnell RA, of Petts Wood, Kent; d. 2 Nov. 1959.

Boyd, John Gordon, son of Edwyn Gordon Boyd of Northwood, Middx, and Gladys, d. of Rob­ert Creighton; b. 3 Dec. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (G); left July 1936; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric, 1936, BA 1940, MA 1946; Gordon Highlanders 1940-5 (Maj.); HM For. Service 1946, Asst Principal FO; 2nd Sec. (Commercial) Rome 1946-9, Washington 1949-52; HM Consul (Commercial) New York 1954-7; FO 1957-9, retd 1959; pres. Thos de la Rue Inc., New York; World Bank consul­tant; m. Isobel Margaret, d. of William John Moir MB, Malayan medical service; d. 13 Dec. 1993

BOYD, ALFRED BLACK PRINGLE, son of John Pringle Boyd, Priory Road, London, River Plate merchant, and Mary Ann Black (IGI); b. Buenos Aires, Argentina 15 Jul 1863; adm. (G) 2 Oct 1875; left Aug 1879; commercial clerk, shipping (1881 census); lived in Buenos Aires for some years, subsequently returning to England; d. 7 Apr 1908.

Bowron, Leslie Walton, son of Sir Edward Bowron, Kt., of Croydon, Surrey, by Maude Mary, daughter of W.- F. Morgan, of Sevenoaks, Kent; b. Aug. 11, 1900; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (G); left July 1918; d. Feb. 25, 1962.

BOWKER, JAMES ASHTON, brother of Alexander George Bowker (qv); b. 16 Feb 1867; adm. (G) 16 Jun 1881; left Dec 1882; student, ICE 17 Jan 1888; engaged in engineering work in Canada and South Africa; d. 21 Jan 1905.

BOWKER, ALEXANDER GEORGE, eldest son of Alexander Bowker, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, and Charlotte Martha Smith; b. 25 Jan 1866; adm. (H/G) 22 Jan 1880; left Dec 1882; farmed in USA and Canada; m. 18 Dec 1896 Sarah Louisa, second dau. of James Gunn, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.

BOWER, THOMAS BOWYER, elder son of Thomas Bowyer Bower (qv); b. 1 Jul 1803; adm. (G) 17 Oct 1815; left Christmas 1817; Ensign, 61st Foot 28 Aug 1823; Lieut., 4 Feb 1826; Capt., 12 Feb 1826, retd. half-pay; of Iwerne House, Dorset; JP Dorset, High Sheriff 1847; m. 9 Aug 1828 Eliza, only dau. of William Creed, Ballygrennan Castle, co. Limerick; d. 8 Sep 1868.