BROWN, WALTER LUCAS, eldest son of Rev. Walter Brown, Prebendary of Canterbury and Rector of All Hallows, Lombard Street, London, and Eliza (Frith ?) (IGI); b. 10 Jan 1805; adm. 30 Oct 1817 (Du Brieux's); KS 2 Mar 1820; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1824, matr. 28 May 1824, Westminster Student, Tutor; 1st cl. Mathematics and 2nd cl. Classics 1827; BA 1828; MA 1830; ordained deacon 1828, priest 1829 (both Oxford); Rector of Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, from 16 Jul 1839; d. 7 Jan 1862.

BROWNE, WILLIAM FREDERICK, son of Rev. Richard Browne DD, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Regius Professor of Hebrew, and Mary, dau. of William Sambach, Paddington, Middlesex; b. 8 Dec 1755; adm. 14 Nov 1771; KS 1772; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1774, matr. 1 Jun 1774, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1774 - void 19 Dec 1780 (expiry year of grace as R. Launton from 17 Dec 1779); BA 1778; MA 1781; BD and DD 1800; ordained deacon (Oxford) 14 Jun 1778; Rector of Launton, Oxfordshire, from 13 Dec 1779; Prebendary of Wells from 24 May 1785; JP Oxfordshire; m. 22 Dec 1779 Bridget, dau. of Capt. Thomas Burton, 2nd Foot Guards; d. 17 Nov 1837.

BROWNE, WILLIAM FREDERICK, son of William Frederick Browne (qv); b.; adm. 18 Mar 1799 (Clapham); KS (aged 13) 1800; left Christmas 1802; Cornet, 6th Dragoons, 9 Jun 1803; Lieut., 9 Jun 1804; Capt., 64th Foot, 2 Apr 1807; 6th Dragoons, 7 May 1807; retd. 17 Jun 1819; served at battle of Waterloo, where he was severely wounded; m. 12 Jul 1809 Margareta Martha, dau. of Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, Bart., MP; d. 3 Mar 1842.

BRUCE, HON. JAMES, brother of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (S) (qv); b. 23 Mar 1769; adm. 5 Oct 1778; KS (Capt. ) 1782; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1786, matr. 14 Jun 1786, Westminster Student from 23 Dec 1786; BA 1790; MA 1793; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Oct 1790; chargé d’affaires, Brussels, 1793-4; MP Marlborough 1796 - Nov 1797; précis writer, Foreign Office, from Oct 1797; drowned in the river Don, near Barneby Down, while attempting to ford it on horseback, 10 Jul 1798.

BRYAN, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS 1642; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1644, but remained at the School and was not adm. a Westminster Student until 1646; did not submit to Parliamentary Visitors and included in list of those expelled by Committee of Lords and Commons for regulating the university, 15 May 1648, but appears to have retained his studentship; BA 1649; MA 20 Feb 1650/1; assisted Philip Henry (qv) in his studies and “was an instrument of much good” to him (Diaries and Letters of Philip Henry, 1882, 12); Tutor at Christ Church; ordained; Curate St. Thomas’s, Oxford, Feb 1651; Rector of Silverton, Devon, from 13 Feb 1656/7 [check]; Vicar of Ilsington, Devon, from 4 Jun 1664 (dispensation to hold with Silverton, 1664); m.; buried Ilsington, Devon 11 Apr 1688.

BRYNKER, JAMES, son of James Brynker, Llanfihangel, Caernarvonshire [check], and Catherine, dau. of Col. William Price, Rhiwlas, Denbighshire; bapt. 21 Jun 1695; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1712; left 1713; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1713; BA 1717; MA 1720; BD 1728; Proctor 1720; ordained; Rector of Braunston, Northants., from 1733; buried Braunston 6 Oct 1765.

BULLOCK, JOHN, second son of Rev. Richard Bullock DD, Rector of Streatham, Surrey, and Prebendary of Westminster, and Whalley, dau. of Richard Berney, Norfolk; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1747/8 (Hawkins'); KS 1748; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1752, adm. pens. 27 May 1752, scholar 18 May 1753, matr. Easter 1753; BA 1756; MA 1771; ordained deacon (London) 6 Mar 1757; Rector of Radwinter, Essex, from 1758; Rector of Boreham, Essex, from 1770; m. 3 Jul 1759 Elizabeth Lagden, Saffron Walden, Essex; d. 13 Oct 1794.

BULPEN, JOHN, son of John Bulpen, London; b.; adm.; QS 1707; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1711, adm. pens. 31 May 1711, aged 18, scholar 15 May 1712; BA 1714/5; MA 1718.

BURGES, ---; b.; KS in 1613 (Chapter Muniments 33669).

BURMAN, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Burman, London and Beaulieu, Hants., and Ann, dau. of Rev. Henry Adams; bapt. St. Martin in the Fields 26 Mar 1708 (IGI); adm. Jan 1720/1; KS (aged 14) 1722; left 1726; adm. Middle Temple 4 May 1723; master, Free School, Christchurch, Hants.; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 25 May 1755, priest (Winchester) Jun 1756; Curate, Christchurch, Hants., 1756; Rector of Dibden, Hants., from Apr 1758; m. 26 May 1757 Susannah Good (IGI); d. 24 Jan 1784.