BRODLEY, ABRAHAM; b.; adm.; KS; buried Cloisters, Westminster Abbey 5 Jul 1616 (Chester, Westminster Abbey Registers, 113).

BRODIE, JOHN CLERK, brother of James Campbell Brodie (qv); b. 20 May 1811; adm. 12 Jan 1819; KS 1825; apprenticed to James Thomas Gibson Craig, Writer to the Signet; Writer to the Signet, 17 Nov 1836; Crown Agent, Feb 1847 - Mar 1852, Jan 1853 - Mar 1858; Keeper of the Register of Sasines, 3 Feb 1858; Treasurer, 1870; Deputy Keeper of the Signet, 1882-7; CB [check]; LLD [check]; of Idvies, Forfarshire; DL, JP; m. 1st, 20 Mar 1832 Bethia Garden, eldest dau. of Stewart Souter, Melrose, Banffshire; m. 2nd, 16 Nov 1848 Penelope Marianne, third dau. of Rev. John Sneyd, Ashcombe, Staffs.; d. 27 May 1888.

BROADHEAD, PARRY, son of Parry Broadhead, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 30 May 1680 (IGI, sic); adm.; KS 1696; left 1701.

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.

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.

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.

BRIERCLIFFE, SAMUEL, son of Rev. Samuel Briercliffe, Vicar of Darrington, Yorks., and Ann Winkes; b. 30 Jun 1685; adm.; KS 1701; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1705, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1705, scholar 12 Apr 1706, matr. 1705/6; BA 1708/9; ordained deacon 19 Jun 1709, priest 24 Sep 1710 (both London); Curate, Hatfield, Herts.; Chaplain EICS, Fort William, 1713; buried Agra 15 Aug 1717.

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

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 ---.

BRIDGES, BROOK, third son of John Bridges, Barton Seagrave, Northants., and Elizabeth, dau. of William Trumbull, Easthampstead, Berks., and sister of Sir William Trumbull, Kt, Secretary of State; bapt. 12 Jan 1670/1; adm.; KS 1684; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1689, matr. 17 Jun 1689, aged 18, Westminster Student from 30 Dec 1689; BA 1693; adm. Inner Temple; d. 1693.