BRITTON, JAMES, only son of Rev. James Britton, Head Master of Durham GS, subsequently Vicar of Bossall, Yorkshire North Riding, and Isabella, sister of Henry Forster Mills (qv); b. 25 Oct 1790; in school list 1803; KS (aged 14) 1805; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1809, matr. 17 May 1809; BA 1813; MA 1815; ordained deacon 6 Mar 1812 (Chester, lit. dim. from York), priest 18 Dec 1814 (York); Curate, Ware, Herts.; Vicar of Great Bardfield, Essex, 17 Jul 1829-40; m. 22 Aug 1818 Julia, dau. of Richard Down, Bartholomew Lane, London, banker; d. 18 May 1871.

BRODRICK, LAURENCE, only surviving son of Rev. Laurence Brodrick DD, Rector of Mixbury, Oxfordshire, Chaplain to House of Commons and Prebendary of Westminster, and Anne Humphrys; bapt. 11 Oct 1715; adm.; in school list 1729; KS (aged 14) 1730; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1735, matr. 9 Jun 1735, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1735 - res 26 Mar 1746; BA 1739; MA 1742; adm. Middle Temple 26 Oct 1733; ordained; Rector of Callan, co. Kilkenny, 15 Jul 1745; Treasurer of Lismore, 16 Aug 1745-78; Vicar of Derragarth and Ballybeacon, 16 Aug 1745; Vicar of Tubrid; Rector of Stradbally, 1774; m. (settlement dated 21 Apr 1748) his cousin Jane, youngest dau. of Right Hon. St. John Brodrick PC (I) MP MP (I); d. Apr 1786.

BROGDON, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1553-4 (Chapter Muniments).

BROKE, ROBERT; b.; adm.; QS 16 Jan 1553/4 (Acts of Chapter).

BROME, THOMAS, brother of Griffith Brome (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1726; KS 1727; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1732, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1732, scholar 20 Apr 1733; BA 1735/6; MA 1739; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1738, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1739; Professor of Music, Gresham Coll., 12 Mar 1739/40 - 23 Nov 1745.

BROOKE (or BROKE), RICHARD, of Essex; b.; adm. : QS; elected to Christ Church. Oxford 1580, matr. 20 Nov 1580, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1590; BA 5 Feb 1583/4; MA 16 Mar 1586/7; DD 1600; ordained; Rector of Garboldisham, Norfolk, 1589. [note Rev. Richard Brooke, Great Waltham, Essex, will proved PCC 26 Aug 1630]

Brooke, George Cyril, son of George Brooke, of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, by Alice Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Tresillian George Nicholas, Vicar of West Molesey, Surrey; b. Dec. 14, 1884; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 21, 1897; left (with Triplett) July 1903; Corpus Coll. Camb. (scholar 1903, Goldsmiths' scholar 1905), matric. Michaelmas 1903; Sir W. Browne's Medal for Latin Epigram 1905; B.A. 1906; M.A. 1919; Assist. in the Dept. of Coins and Medals, British Museum, 1908, Assist. Keeper 1923; F. S. A. 1927; Litt. D. 1930; Deputy Keeper, Dept. of Roman and Greek Antiquities, 1932; served on the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic) 1916-21; editor of the Numismatic Chronicle from 1913; author of Catalogue of English Coins (Norman Kings), 1916; m. Sept. 7, 1911, Florence Margaret, daughter of Henry Franklin Parsons, M. D., of Croydon, Surrey; d. Oct. 1934.

BROOKES, JOSHUA ALFRED ROWLAND, eldest son of Joshua Rowland Brookes, Superintendent, Middlesex County Industrial School, Feltham, Middlesex, previously officer Royal Marine Artillery, and Cecilia Sophia --- (IGI); b. 30 Mar 1865; adm. (G) 31 May 1877; QS 27 May 1880; left Dec 1883; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1884; BA 1888; MA 1891; Lichfield Theol. Coll., 1888; ordained deacon (Lichfield) 1889, priest [check]; Curate, Hednesford, Staffs., 1889-92, St. Paul’s, Herne Hill, Surrey, 1892-4; Chaplain, Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment, 1894-1918; Chaplain, Limassol, Cyprus, 1922-3.

Brown (subsequently Somerville), Henry Timothy, son of Ralph Peter Brown of Iron Acton, Gloucs, and Mary, d. of Rev. James Alexander Somerville of Gullane, East Lothian; b. 7 July 1929; adm. Sept. 1943 (KS); left July 1947; BA 1951, MA 1955; adopted the name Henry Timothy Brown Somerville in lieu of Henry Timothy Somerville Brown by deed poll 1955; BSc (Lond. ) 1959; consult. officer Milk Marketing Board, Dorset area, 1959; m. 1 Aug. 1956 Judith Elizabeth, d. of Alfred Harold Taitt, geologist, of Craigellachie, Banff, Alberta, Canada; d. Mar. 2006.

BROWN, GEORGE FRANCIS, son of John Brown, Batcombe, Somerset; b. 12 Nov 1828; adm. 28 Sep 1841 (Scott's); QS 1843; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1847, adm. pens. 13 May 1847, scholar 1848, matr. 1847; ordained deacon 1854 (Guiana), priest 1857 (Bath & Wells); Curate, St. Ives, Cornwall, 1859, subsequently Batcombe, Somerset, and Bridport, Dorset; d. 14 Jun 1872.