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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BREACH, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; KS 1667; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1670, matr. 1 Jul 1670, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1670-84, Faculty Student from 1684, Tutor 1680-7, Senior Censor 1682-3; BA 1674; MA 1677; BM and MD 1687; Proctor 1685; practised as a physician in Oxford; d. 5 Mar 1707/8; buried Ch. Ch. Cathedral, Oxford.