POPE, WALTER, son of --- Pope, and Jane, widow of Walter Wilkins, Oxford, goldsmith, and dau. of Rev. John Dod, Rector of Fawsley, Northants [or Hanwell, Oxfordshire ?]; half-brother of Right Rev. John Wilkins DD, Bishop of Chester and Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1645, scholar 1645; migrated to Wadham Coll. Oxford, scholar 1648; BA 1649; MA 1651 (incorp. Cambridge 1657); MD 1661; Fellow, Wadham Coll. 9 Jul 1651 – 27 Jun 1662, Bursar 1655, 1657, Sub-Warden 1658, Dean 1660-1; Junior Proctor 1658; while Proctor suvccessfully resisted the attempt of Edward Bagshaw (qv) and others to abolish the wearing of gowns and hoods; Professor of Astronomy, Gresham Coll., London 1660 – 21 Sep 1687, res.; an original member, Royal Society 20 May 1663; obtained licence to travel 1664 and spent two years in Italy; Registrar, Diocese of Chester, from 1668; an intimate friend of Seth Ward, Bishop of Salisbury, of whom he wrote a biography, published in 1697; author, Select Novels from Cervantes and Petrarch, 1694, and other works; d. 25 Jun 1714. DNB.

IMPEY, SIR ELIJAH, brother of Michael Impey (adm. 1730, qv); b. 13 Jun 1732; adm. Sep 1740; KS 1747; Capt. of the School 1751; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Jan 1752, scholar 24 Apr 1752, matr. Easter 1754; Chancellor’s Second Medal 1756; BA 1756; MA 1759; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1757, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1759; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Nov 1751, called to bar 23 Nov 1756; Western Circuit; Recorder of Basingstoke 11 Apr 1766-73; adm. Inner Temple 20 Nov 1766, tenant chambers there 21 Nov 1766 – 16 Jun 1768; Counsel for East India Company before House of Commons 1772; Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Bengal 22 Mar 1774 – 1 Nov 1787; knighted 30 Mar 1774; confirmed committal of Nuncomar for forgery and sentenced him to death 1775; ruled that Warren Hastings (qv) had not resigned the post of Governor-General 1777; his judicial powers were restricted by a compromise between Hastings and Philip Francis 1779; President of new Appeal Court (Sadar Diwani Adalat) over local tribunals 1780-2; recalled to defend himself against charges of illegality brought by Francis 1783; defended himself successfully against six charges at bar of House of Commons 1788, including the proceedings against Nuncomar and the exercise of extended judicial powers contrary to his patent; MP New Romney 1790-6; his biography was written by his son, Elijah Barwell Impey (qv), and published in 1846; m. 18 Jan 1768 Mary, dau. of Sir John Reade, Bart., Shipton Court, Oxfordshire; d. 1 Oct 1809. DNB.

BRABOURN, JAMES, son of Rev. William Brabourn DD, Vicar of Northolt, Middlesex, and Prebendary of St. Paul’s; b.; adm.; KS 1684; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1687, aged 17, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1687, scholar 27 Apr 1688, matr. 1687; BA 1690/1; MA 1694; BD 1706; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1693, Major Fellow 26 Jun 1694, a Senior Fellow from 1719; Tutor 1695; signed the petition to the Bishop of Ely against Bentley 1710, but subsequently supported Bentley on most occasions; ordained priest (Lincoln) 16 Mar 1700/1; Vicar of St. Michael’s, Cambridge, 1719; d. c. 1724.

BRACKLEY, JOHN, son of Thomas Brackley, Hampshire; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1661; failed to obtain his election to either University, both in 1665 and 1666; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1666, matr. 1666/7; ordained deacon 6 Jun 1669, priest 29 May 1670 (both Winchester) to curacy of Thursley, Surrey; Vicar of Witley, Surrey, 1670-83; Vicar of Wroughton, Wilts., from 8 Mar 1682/3; lic. to m. 19 Dec 1671 Sarah Stillwell, Thursley, Surrey; d. 1716.

BRADOCK, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1575, but was never adm.

BRIDGES, JOHN, son of Southcott Bridges, London; b.; adm.; KS 1678; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1683, matr. 17 Dec 1683, aged 19, Westminster Student 17 Dec 1683-97 (void); BA 1687; MA 1690; BCL and DCL 1694; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons, 8 Jul 1697; m. Ann ---.

Bridgewater, Bentley Powell Conyers, son of Convers Bridgewater OBE, barrister-at-law, and Violet Irene, d. of Israel Wood Powell, med. practitioner in Victoria BC, Canada; b. 6 Sept. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (G), KS 1926; left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1965; staff of Brit. Museum 1937; Asst Principal Dominions Office 1941-2; For. Office 1942-5; Sec. Brit. Museum 1948-73 (dep. Keeper 1950, Keeper 1961); retd 1973; d. Feb. 1996

BRINTON, ROLAND DANVERS, brother of Wilfred Brinton (qv); b. 9 Feb 1858; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1870; exhibitioner 1871; QS 1872; left May 1876; Downing Coll. Cambridge, adm. 9 Oct 1879, matr. Mich. 1879; BA 1883; MB 1884; MD 1889; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCS, LSA 1882; MRCP 1891; Resident Medical Officer, Prince Alfred’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1885-6; practised as physician in London; temp Lieut., RAMC, 1 May 1915; Capt., 1 May 1916; m. 8 Oct 1890 Helen Constance, youngest dau. of Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel KCIE, consulting engineer, London; d. 25 Jan 1946.

Britten, Johnstone Fletcher, son of Harold Victor Britten, insurance co. sec., and Claudia, d. of Harold Victor Fletcher of Hove, Sussex; b. 1 Oct. 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (kS); left July 1950; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1951, BA 1954, MA 1960; chief engineer Clockhouse Engineering Ltd. 1959-63; co. dir. 1963-; m. 1st, 9 Jan. 1960 Anne Spencer, d. of W. A. Webster; 2nd, 1971 Diana Marilyn Britten; d. 24 Nov. 2009.