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BRAINE, HENRY, brother of John Braine (qv); b. 7 Feb 1813; adm. 3 May 1824; BB; left Nov 1827; readm. 17 Mar 1829 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 12 Jul 1831, matr. 1831.

BROMLEY, CHARLES, brother of Robert Bromley (qv); b. 6 Feb 1820; adm. 26 Jan 1832 (Stelfox's); entered Royal Navy 1835; Sub-Lieut., 4 Aug 1841; Lieut., 1 Sep 1845; Cdr., 10 May 1856; retd. as Capt., 10 May 1871; served in Black Sea during Crimean War; d. 21 Feb 1892.

BROMLEY, SIR HENRY, BART., brother of Robert Bromley (qv); b. 25 Dec 1816; adm. 20 Jan 1831 (Stelfox's); Ensign, 48th Foot, 4 Sep 1835; Lieut., 7 Sep 1838; Capt., 24 May 1844; sold out 2 Apr 1847; succ. his father as 4th baronet 8 Jul 1857; DL JP Notts, High Sheriff 1882; m. 1st, 13 Jun 1848 Charlotte Frances Anne, widow of Edward Heneage MP, and youngest dau. of Col. Lancelot Rolleston MP, Watnall Hall, Notts.; m. 2nd, 2 Feb 1856 Georgiana Ellen, third dau. of Vere Fane, Little Ponton Hall, Lincs.; d. 21 Sep 1895.

BROMLEY, ROBERT, eldest son of Sir Robert Howe Bromley, Bart., Admiral of the White, and Anne, second dau. of Daniel Wilson, Dalham Tower, Westmorland; b. 16 Nov 1815; adm. 15 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 May 1834; MP (Conservative) South Nottinghamshire from Apr 1849; d. unm. 30 Dec 1850.

CAPES, JOHN MOORE, eldest son of John Capes, Newington, Surrey, and Harriet --- (IGI) [perhaps Phillips (IGI)]; b. 19 Aug 1812; adm. 15 Oct 1827 (Stelfox's); left 1830; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Jul 1832; BA 1836; MA 1840; ordained deacon (Salisbury) 29 May 1836; Curate, Shipton-le-Moyne, Gloucs.; Rector of Eastowe, Somerset (where he built and endowed the church) [check]; Roman Catholic convert 1845; editor and proprietor, The Rambler (Roman Catholic periodical) 1848-57; rejoined Church of England in 1870, but became Roman Catholic again before his death; composer, The Druid (tragic opera), performed at St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, 22 Feb 1879; author, To Rome and back, 1873, and other works; m. 1839 Bertha, second dau. of A. Wyatt; d. 14 Jan 1889.

CORBET, JOHN DRYDEN, eldest son of Rev. John Dryden Pigott, Rector of Edgmond, Shropshire, and Frances, second dau. of Henry Bevan, Shrewsbury; b. 18 Apr 1808; adm. 4 May 1821 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 May 1826; BA 1830; ordained deacon 1831, priest (Lichfield) 7 Jul 1833; Curate, Tibberton, Shropshire, 1831-42; Rector of Edgmond, Shropshire, 1845-65; assumed surname of Corbet in lieu of Pigott, 28 Mar 1865; of Sundorne Castle, Shropshire; author, Collected Poems, 1877-8; d. unm. 25 Oct 1889.

CROKER, EDWARD, only son of John Croker, Ballynagarde, co. Limerick, and Catherine Adeline, sister of William Bagwell (qv); b. 31 Aug 1814; adm. 22 Jun 1825 (Stelfox's); Cornet, 17th Lancers 7 Sep 1832; Lieut., 11 Aug 1835; Capt., 1 Mar 1839; retd. 21 May 1841; JP co. Limerick, High Sheriff 1862; m. 17 May 1841 Lady Georgiana Ellen Monck, sixth dau. of Henry Monck, 1st Earl of Rathdowne (I); d. 23 Mar 1869.

CURTEIS, REGINALD JEREMIAH, third son of Edward Jeremiah Curteis (qv); b. 27 Oct 1805; adm. 11 Jan 1820 (Stelfox's) (also in original edition of Record as Carter, Reginald Jeremiah, incorrectly); left Whitsun 1822; Ensign, 6th Foot 31 Jul 1823; Lieut., 31 Dec 1825; Capt., 14 Nov 1826; 1st Royal Dragoons 22 May 1828; retd. 1835; m. 2 Oct 1838 Frances Mary, sister of Thomas Reynolds (qv); d. 28 Jan 1847, aged 41.

DASENT, ALEXANDER, son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his second wife; b. 30 Apr 1819; adm. 14 Apr 1830 (Stelfox's); King’s Coll. Sch. 1833-5; went to West Indies 1840; ordained deacon 1843, priest 1844 (both Carlisle); held a curacy in St. Vincent; Rector of Recquia, St. Vincent, West Indies 1851-4; in New Zealand by 1864; Vicar of Karori, Wellington, New Zealand 16 Jan 1882- Jun 1897; m. 13 Oct 1847 Caroline Mayer, second dau. of George Colquhoun Grant, Treasurer of St. Vincent; d. at Karori 22 Sep 1905.

DASENT, BURY IRWIN, son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his second wife; b. 12 Jul 1815; adm. 1 Oct 1827 (Stelfox's); Assistant Surgeon, Royal Westminster Opthalmic Hospital, in 1847; FRCS; consulting surgeon, Colonial Hospital, and police surgeon, Trinidad 1857; m. 4 Feb 1845 Elizabeth, youngest dau. of William Conyngham, Upper Gower Street, London; d. in Trinidad 1872.