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BRERETON, WILLIAM WESTROPP (_4 son of Arthur Brereton of Ballyadams
Queen’s county_). _b._ 1810; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1832,
M.A. 1856; called to Irish bar 1836; went Munster circuit; Q.C. 9
Nov. 1852; assistant barrister for co. Kerry 1858; chairman of
quarter sessions for co. Galway 1858 to death. _d._ Fitzwilliam
sq. north, Dublin 13 Dec. 1867. _Law mag. and law review v_, 260
(1855).

BRETT, HARRY AUGUSTUS. Writer Madras civil service 1831; collector
of Salem 1860; member of Board of Revenue 1862–65; pres. of Income
tax commission 1862–67; resigned the service 27 May 1867. _d._ 20
Dec. 1867.

BRETT, JOHN WATKINS (_son of Wm. Brett of Bristol, cabinet maker_).
_b._ Bristol 1805; Telegraphic engineer; laid a gutta percha wire
between Dover and Cape Grisnez 1850 by which the first submarine
message was sent from England to France; laid cables between Dover
and Calais 1851, Dover and Ostend 1853, and Sardinia and France
1854; mainly instrumental in forming Atlantic Telegraph Company
1856; director of Submarine Telegraph Co.; made a splendid
collection of works of art; author of _On the origin and progress
of the Oceanic telegraph_ 1858. _d._ Lunatic asylum, Coton Hill,
Stafford 3 Dec. 1863 bequeathing one tenth of his large property
to charity. _Notes and Queries 3 S. viii_, 203 (1865).

BRETT, ROBERT. _b._ at or near Luton Beds. 11 Sep. 1808; ed. at St.
George’s hospital London, M.R.C.S. and L.S.A. 1830; assistant to
Samuel Reynolds of Stoke Newington surgeon, partner with him 1860
to death; founded the Guild of St. Luke, a band of medical men who
co-operate with the clergy; vice pres. of London Union on church
matters 1850; one of founders and vice pres. with Dr. Pusey of
English Church Union 1860; author of _The Churchman’s guide to
faith and piety by R. B._ 1862, _5 ed._ 1871; _Scripture history
for the young_ 1845; _Devotions for the sick room_ 1843;
_Companion for the sick room_ 1844; _Thoughts during sickness, 4
ed._ 1870 and 11 other books. _d._ Stoke Newington 3 Feb. 1874.
_Robert Brett. In memoriam reprints from the principal church
journals including a sermon by Rev. J. W. Belcher_ 1874.

BRETT, WILLIAM FREELAND. _b._ 19 Oct. 1821; ensign 54 Foot 1 April
1842, major 14 Aug. 1857; major 61 Foot 27 Sep. 1861; lieut. col.
brigade depot 26 Jany. 1876; M.G. 1 Oct. 1877; placed on retired
list 1 July 1881. _d._ Colchester 10 Nov. 1884.

BRETT, REV. WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ Dover; left Dover on his first
journey to Demerara as missionary from S.P.G. 10 Feb. 1840;
ordained deacon 1843 and priest 1844; chaplain to Bishop of Guiana
and R. of Holy Trinity Essequibo 1851–79; author of _The Indian
tribes of Guiana_ 1852; _Legends and myths of the aboriginal
Indians of British Guiana_ 1880; _Mission work among the Indian
tribes in the forests of Guiana_ 1881. _d._ Bowruma, Totnes road,
Paignton, Devon 10 Feb. 1886 aged 67.

BRETTELL, REV. JACOB (_only son of Rev. Jacob Brettell, Independent
minister at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts who d. 19 March 1810_). _b._
Sutton-in-Ashfield 16 April 1793; ed. at Manchester college York
1809–14; Unitarian minister at Cockey Moor (now called Ainsworth)
Lancs. July 1814 and at Rotherham Sep. 1816 to June 1859; author
of _The country minister, a poem in 4 cantos_ 1821; _The country
minister part second, a poem in 3 cantos_ 1825; _The country
minister, a poem in 7 cantos with additional poems and notes_
1827; contributed hundreds of hymns and political and patriotic
pieces to _Christian Reformer_, _Sheffield Iris_, and other
periodicals. _d._ Rotherham 12 Jany. 1862. _Christian Reformer
xviii_, 128, 191 (1862).

BRETTLE, ROBERT. _b._ Portobello near Edinburgh 6 Dec. 1831; a
glassblower in the hardware districts; fought B. Malpas for £50 a
side 14 Feb. 1854 when stakes were drawn; fought Sam. Simmonds for
£200 a side 3 June 1856, and Job Cobley for £100 a side 4 Aug.
1857 and beat them both; fought Bob Travers for £100 a side 26
Jany. 1858 when he won after 100 rounds in 2 hours; fought James
Mace for £100 a side 21 Sep. 1858 when he won; fought Tom Sayers
who staked £400 to Brettle’s £200, 20 Sep. 1859 when Sayers won;
fought James Mace again 9 Sep. 1860 when Mace won; fought Jack
Rooke for £200 a side 31 Dec. 1861, 1 Jany. 1862 and 11 March 1862
when stakes were drawn; kept the White Lion, Digbeth, Birmingham
1857 to about 1868 when he went to the United States; trained and
brought out some of the best light-weight pugilists. _d._ 56 Upper
Windsor st. Birmingham 7 April 1872. _The championship of England
by the editor of Bell’s Life in London_ [_Francis Dowling_] 1860
_pp._ 70–4; _Illust. sporting news_ 1862 _p._ 9, _portrait_; H. D.
_Miles’s Pugilistica iii_, 451–60 (1881).

BREWER, GEORGE. _b._ Gosport 7 Aug. 1773; entered navy 19 March
1793; joined the ‘Robust’ 15 Feb. 1795; discharged incurable 17
May 1799; a waterman at Gosport. _d._ in a court in Havant st.
Portsea 7 Sep. 1871 aged 98 but generally reputed to be 106.
_Thoms’s Human longevity_ (1873) 185–6.

BREWER, REV. JOHN SHERREN (_eld. son of John Sherren Brewer of
Eaton, Norwich, schoolmaster_). _b._ 1810; ed. at Queen’s coll.
Ox., B.A. 1833, M.A. 1835; chaplain of workhouse of St. Giles’s in
the Fields and St. George’s Bloomsbury 17 Dec. 1837 to July 1845;
lecturer in classical literature at King’s college London 1839–60,
professor of English language and literature there 1855 and of
English literature and modern history 1865–77; reader at the Rolls
chapel Chancery lane 1857–62, and preacher 1862 to death; hon.
fellow of Queen’s coll. Ox. Nov. 1870; head of Working mens’
college in Great Ormond st. 1872; R. of Toppesfield Essex 16 Sep.
1876 to death; edited the _Standard_ for short time in 1860;
edited _Aristotle’s Ethics_ 1836; _Book of the Church by R. Field
3 vols._ 1843; _Lectures to ladies on practical subjects_ 1855;
and _Letters and papers foreign and domestic of the reign of Henry
viii_, _4 vols._ _d._ Toppesfield rectory 16 Feb. 1879. _Rev. J.
S. Brewer’s English Studies_ (1881) _vii-xl_.

BREWER, THOMAS. _b._ 1807; entered office of Town Clerk of City of
London 1823; secretary of City of London school 1837 to death; a
founder of Sacred Harmonic Society 1832, secretary 1832–70, pres.
Nov. 1870 to death; author of _Memoir of John Carpenter, town
clerk of London_ 1836, _2 ed._ 1856; _Memoir of Walter Scott,
citizen and plaisterer of London privately printed_ 1858. _d._
City of London school, Milk st. London 25 Dec. 1870.

BREWER, WILLIAM (_brother of Rev. John Sherren Brewer_). Ed. at
Univ. of Edin., M.D., L.R.C.S. Edin. 1834; M.D. St. Andrew’s 1834;
M.R.C.P. London 1841, F.R.C.P. 1872; M.P. for Colchester 18 Nov.
1868 to 26 Jany. 1874; member of Metropolitan Board of Works for
St. George’s Hanover square 1870; chairman of Metropolitan Asylums
Board; author of _The family medical reference book_ 1840;
_Beatrice Sforza or the progress of truth 3 vols._ 1863;
translated _A. Tavernier’s Treatise on the treatment of
deformities of the spine_ 1842. _d._ 21 George st. Hanover sq.
London 3 Nov. 1881.

BREWSTER, ABRAHAM (_eld. son of Wm. Bagenal Brewster of Ballinulta,
co. Wicklow_). _b._ Ballinulta April 1796; ed. at Kilkenny coll.
and Univ. of Dublin, B.A. 1817, M.A. 1847; called to Irish bar
1819, went Leinster circuit; K.C. 13 July 1835, legal adviser to
lord lieut. of Ireland 10 Oct. 1841; bencher of King’s Inns Dublin
1846; solicitor general for Ireland 2 Feb. 1846 to 16 July 1846;
attorney general 10 Jany. 1853 to 10 Feb. 1855; P.C. Ireland Jany.
1853; lord justice of Court of Appeal in Ireland July 1866; lord
chancellor of Ireland March 1867 to 17 Dec. 1868. _d._ 26 Merrion
square south, Dublin 26 July 1874. _Burke’s Lord Chancellors of
Ireland_ (1879) 307–11; _I.L.N. lxv_, 115, 427 (1874).

BREWSTER, SIR DAVID (_2 son of James Brewster, rector of Jedburgh
gr. sch. who d. 1815_). _b._ Canongate, Jedburgh 10 or 11 Dec.
1781; ed. at Jedburgh gr. sch. and Univ. of Edin.; licensed by
Presbytery of Edin. 1804; LLD. Aberdeen 1807, M.A. Cam. 1807;
F.R.S. Edin. 1808, pres. 1864; F.R.S. 4 May 1815, Copley medallist
1815, Rumford medallist 1818, Royal medallist 6 times; founded
Scottish Society of Arts 1821; invented polyzonal lens for
lighthouses 1811, Kaleidoscope 1816 and lenticular stereoscope;
procured establishment of British Association 1831; K.H. 1831;
knighted at St. James’s Palace 8 March 1832 fees of £109 were
never demanded from him; principal of Univ. of St. Andrew’s Jany.
1838 to Oct. 1859; a chevalier of Order of Merit 1847; one of the
8 foreign associates of French Institute 1849; president of Peace
congress at Exeter hall London 22–24 July 1851; principal of Univ.
of Edin. 28 Oct. 1859 to death; author of _Treatise on the
Microscope_ 1837, _new ed._ 1851; _Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe,
and Kepler_ 1841, _new ed._ 1874; _More worlds than one_ 1854,
_new ed._ 1874; _History of the Stereoscope_ 1856 and many other
books. _d._ Allerley near Melrose 10 Feb. 1868, centenary of his
birth celebrated at Jedburgh 10 Dec. 1881. _The home life of Sir
D. Brewster by his daughter Mrs. Gordon_ 1869, _portrait_; _Proc.
of Royal Soc. xvii_, 69–74 (1869); _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of
C.E. xxvi_, 194–200 (1871); _Grant’s Story of Univ. of Edin. ii_,
274–8 (1884), _portrait_; _Maclise Portrait Gallery_ (1883) 143–7,
_portrait_; _I.L.N. xvii_, 121 (1850), _portrait, lii_, 189
(1868), _portrait_.

BREWSTER, REV. PATRICK (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 20 Dec.
1788; licensed by Presbytery of Fordoun 26 March 1817; minister of
Abbey church Paisley Aug. 1817 to death; ordained 10 April 1818;
had but few equals as a preacher for elegance of style and purity
of diction; took an active share in chartist agitation; author of
_An essay on passive obedience_ 1836; _The rights of the poor of
Scotland vindicated against the misrepresentations of the editor
of the Glasgow Post and Reformer 2 parts_; _The seven Chartist and
military discourses libelled by the Marquis of Abercorn and other
heritors of the Abbey parish_ 1843. _d._ Craigie Linn near Paisley
26 March 1859, monument to his memory erected by public
subscription in Paisley cemetery 1863. _John Smith’s Our Scottish
clergy, 2 series_ 1849, 162–6.

BREWSTER, WILLIAM BAGENAL. Educ. at St. John’s coll. Ox., B.A. 1846;
rowed No. 4 in Oxford boat against Cambridge 1842 when Oxford
gained her first victory on the Putney to Mortlake course; ensign
1 battalion Rifle brigade 7 July 1846, captain 29 Dec. 1854 to
1858 when he sold out; served in Kaffir war 1852–3; lieut. col. 23
Middlesex Volunteers (Inns of Court) 9 April 1860 to death. _d._
75 Warwick sq. Belgrave road, London 7 July 1864 in 45 year.
_Saturday Review xviii_, 81–2 (1864).

BRICE, EDWARD. Second lieut. Madras Artillery 16 June 1826, colonel
25 Sep. 1861 to death; C.B. 1 March 1861. _d._ Harley st. London 9
June 1868.

BRIDELL, FREDERICK LEE (_son of Mr. Bridell of Southampton,
builder_). _b._ Southampton 7 Nov. 1831; apprenticed to a picture
dealer 1846–53; studied painting at Munich 1854–7; his chief works
are ‘Sunset on the Atlantic,’ exhibited at Liverpool Nov. 1857;
‘Temple of Venus’ painted in emulation of Turner 1858 and ‘The
Coliseum by moonlight’ painted at Rome 1858, exhibited at the R.A.
1859 and at International Exhibition 1862; his patron James Wolff
of Southampton acquired so many of his works that he formed a
‘Bridell gallery’ which was sold for nearly £4,000. _d._ Aug.
1863. _Art Journal n.s. iii_, 12 (1864).

BRIDGE, REV. JOHN BRICE. _b._ Liverpool 2 Nov. 1793; ed. at
Stonyhurst college; admitted to Society of Jesus at Hodder 7 Sep.
1814; ordained priest at Dublin July 1819; spiritual father and
superior of seminary Stonyhurst June 1838; minister of Stonyhurst
college Nov. 1841; superior of residence of St. Michael, Yorkshire
many years; missioner at Allerton Park, Yorkshire 18 July 1842 to
death; compiler of the _Ordo S. J._ 1844 to death. _d._ Allerton
park 20 Feb. 1860.

BRIDGEMAN, CHARLES ORLANDO (_2 son of 1 Earl of Bradford
1762–1825_). _b._ 5 Feb. 1791; entered navy 18 June 1804; captain
2 Sep. 1819, captain of the Rattlesnake in Mediterranean 1827–30;
retired captain 1 Oct. 1846; retired V. A. 10 Sep. 1857. _d._
Knockin near Oswestry 13 April 1860.

BRIDGER, CHARLES. Clerk in Heralds’ College London; assistant of
Stephen Tucker, Somerset Herald; author of _An index to printed
pedigrees contained in county and local histories_ 1867; _The
family of Leete edited by J. C. Anderson privately printed_ 1881.
_d._ 17 Selwood terrace, South Kensington, London 27 May 1879 in
54 year.

BRIDGER, WILLIAM. Solicitor at Guildford, Surrey 1854 to death;
travelled in Australia; formed one of the best known collections
of birds eggs; F.R.Z.S. _d._ Stoke near Guildford 15 Oct. 1870
aged 38.

BRIDGER, WILLIAM MILTON. Educ. at Winchester and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A.
1814, M.A. 1818; barrister M.T. 20 June 1817; recorder of
Chichester 1821 to death; recorder of Petworth _d._ from an
accident in London 12 Aug. 1863.

BRIDGES, REV. CHARLES. Educ. at Queen’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1818, M.A.
1831; V. of Old Newton, Suffolk 1823–49, rural dean 1844–9; R. of
Melcombe Regis, Dorset 1849–55; R. of Hinton Martell, Dorset 1855
to death; author of _An exposition of Psalm cxix_, 1827, _27 ed._
1873; _The Christian ministry_ 1830, _7 ed._ 1849; _Memoir of Miss
M. J. Graham_ 1832, _3 ed._ 1833; _An exposition of the book of
Proverbs_ 1846; _Scriptural studies 9 ed._ 1884. _d._ Hinton
Martell rectory 2 April 1869 aged 75. _Reg. and mag. of biog. i_,
399 (1869).

BRIDGES, SIR HENRY (_son of Alexander Bridges of Ewell, Surrey_).
_b._ Ewell 1786; sheriff of Surrey 1813–14; knighted on presenting
an address to Prince Regent at Carlton house 11 May 1814. (_m._
1808 Frances dau. of general Wm. Tombes Dalrymple, she _d._ 6 Feb.
1859). _d._ Beddington house near Croydon 29 Oct. 1861.

BRIDGMAN, FREDERICK (_eld. son of Frederick Horatio Bridgman_). _b._
1837; barrister I.T. 17 Nov. 1860; went South Eastern circuit
1860–82; Queen’s Advocate for Gold Coast Colony 7 Oct. 1882 to
death, acting chief justice 1883 to death. _d._ Cape Coast 5 May
1883.

BRIDPORT, SAMUEL HOOD, 2 Baron. _b._ Catherington, Hants. 7 Dec.
1788; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1809; succeeded 3 May 1814.
_d._ Cricket St. Thomas, Chard, Somerset 6 Jany. 1868.

BRIDSON, THOMAS RIDGWAY (_son of Paul Bridson of Douglas, Isle of
Man who d. 1820_). _b._ 1795; owner of bleach works near Bolton
foremost establishment of the kind in the world; invented the
patent “stenter” or elastic finishing machine which much advanced
mechanism of the trade; mayor of Bolton 1847–8. _d._ 24 Jany.
1863. _H. Mayhew’s Shops of London i_, 127–38 (1865).

BRIGGS, AUGUSTUS. _b._ 7 May 1813; member of House of Assembly,
Barbados many years, speaker 1868–75; member of Legislative
council 1878 and president 1881 to death. _d._ Maynards, Barbados
17 May 1882.

BRIGGS, GEORGE. Second lieut. Madras artillery 16 Dec. 1824; colonel
18 Feb. 1861 to 6 May 1867; M.G. 6 May 1867. _d._ Cambridge st.
Pimlico, London 29 July 1875 in 80 year.

BRIGGS, RIGHT REV. JOHN. _b._ Manchester 20 May 1788; ed. at St.
Cuthbert’s college Ushaw; sub-deacon 1812, deacon 1813 and priest
1814; had charge of Chester 1818–32; pres. of Ushaw 28 March 1832
to 11 Aug. 1836; co-adjutor of Bishop Penswick in Northern
district Jany. 1833; consecrated as Bishop of Trachis in Thessalia
29 Jany. 1833; vicar apostolic of Northern district Feb. 1836 and
of Yorkshire district July 1840; bishop of Beverley 29 Sep. 1850
to 7 Nov. 1860 when he resigned; enthroned in St. George’s church
York 13 Feb. 1851; a Count of the Holy Roman empire. _d._ at his
house York 4 Jany. 1861. _Brady’s Episcopal succession iii_, 396–8
(1877); _The Lamp iii_, 163 (1851), _portrait_.

BRIGGS, JOHN (_eld. child of James Briggs, physician general Madras,
who d. about 1830_). _b._ Madras 18 Sep. 1785; ed. at Eton 1794–9;
lieut. 15 Madras N.I. 10 July 1801; resident at Sattara Jany. 1823
to Jany. 1827; senior comr. in Mysore 1831 to 13 Nov. 1832;
resident at Nagpore Dec. 1832 to March 1835; colonel 13 Madras
N.I. 16 Nov. 1836 to 1869; general 6 Feb. 1861; took the chair at
meeting of Anti-corn-law league in Covent Garden theatre 22 May
1844; contested Exeter April 1844 and July 1845; F.R.S. 22 Nov.
1838. _d._ Bridge Lodge, Burgess Hill, Sussex 27 April 1875.
_Memoir of John Briggs by Evans Bell_ 1885, _portrait_.

BRIGGS, JOHN JOSEPH (_son of John Briggs of King’s Newton near
Melbourne, Derbyshire, farmer 1777–1864_). _b._ King’s Newton 6
March 1819; apprenticed to W. Bemrose of Derby, printer 1834;
farmer at King’s Newton about 1840 to death; originated ‘The
Naturalists’ column’ in the _Field_ newspaper 1855; author of
_Melbourne, a sketch of its history and antiquity_ 1839; _History
of Melbourne_ 1852; _The Trent and other poems_ 1857; _The Peacock
at Rowsley_ 1869; _Guide to Melbourne_ 1871; _History and
antiquities of Hemington, Leicestershire_, _12 copies privately
printed 1873_. _d._ King’s Newton 23 March 1876. _Reliquary xvii_,
49–54 (1877).

BRIGGS, SIR JOHN THOMAS (_son of Wm. Briggs_). _b._ London 4 June
1781; sec. to Commission for revising civil affairs of navy 1806;
assistant sec. of Victualling Board 1809–30; private sec. to Sir
James Graham, first lord of Admiralty 1830; comr. of Victualling
Board 1831–2; accountant general of navy 1832 to Feb. 1854;
knighted at St. James’s Palace 26 Feb. 1851; author of several
pamphlets on naval administration. _d._ 4 Royal Crescent, Brighton
3 Feb. 1865. _Morning Post 8 Feb. 1865 and 3 Jany. 1874_; _Daily
Telegraph 6 Jany. 1874_.

BRIGGS, SIR THOMAS (_7 son of Stephen Briggs, chief surgeon at
Madras_). _b._ Southampton 1780; entered navy 10 Sep. 1791;
captain of Queen Charlotte 100 guns 1818–21; resident comr. of
naval yard at Bermuda 1823 and at Malta 1829–32; superintendent of
Malta dockyard 1832–38; G.C.M.G. 26 June 1833; admiral 2 Sep.
1850; commander in chief at Portsmouth 18 Sep. 1851 to death. _d._
Admiralty house, Portsmouth 16 Dec. 1852.

BRIGHAM, REV. HENRY. _b._ Manchester 23 June 1796; ed. at Stonyhurst
college; entered Society of Jesus at Hodder 7 Sep. 1813; ordained
priest 1 June 1822; missioner at Hereford 10 Dec. 1827; removed to
Preston 2 Oct. 1834 and to Bury St. Edmunds 23 July 1836; superior
of College of Holy Apostles 1842–3; served missions of Pontefract,
Teignmouth and Ugbrooke; professor of elocution at St. Stanislaus’
college Beaumont near Windsor 1865. _d._ St. Stanislaus’ college
26 May 1881.

BRIGHT, HENRY (_son of Richard Bright of Bristol, merchant_). West
India Merchant at Bristol; M.P. for Bristol 1820–30. _d._ Malvern
26 March 1869 aged 83.

BRIGHT, HENRY (_son of Jerome Bright of Saxmundham, Suffolk who d.
1846_). _b._ Saxmundham 1814; apprenticed to a chemist at
Woodbridge; studied painting in London; a member of Institute of
Painters in Water Colours and of the Graphic Society; very popular
as a teacher of painting; exhibited 12 pictures at R.A., 26 at
B.I. and 7 at Suffolk st. gallery 1836–73. _d._ Ipswich 21 Sep.
1873, _Art Journal Oct. 1873_; _I.L.N. lxiii_, 389 (1873),
_portrait_.

BRIGHT, HENRY ARTHUR (_eld. son of Samuel Bright of Liverpool,
shipowner 1799–1870._) _b._ Liverpool 9 Feb. 1830; ed. at Rugby
and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1857 (being with James Heywood first
nonconformist to take a degree at Cam.) M.A. 1860; partner in firm
of Gibbs, Bright and Co. shipowners 1857; contributed largely to
_Athenæum_ 1871 to death; published _A year in a Lancashire
garden_ 1879, which he wrote in _Gardeners’ Chronicle_ 1874, and
privately printed 50 copies 1875; _The English flower garden_ 1881
and 5 other books. _d._ Ashfield, Knotty Ash near Liverpool 5 May
1884. _H. A. Bright’s The Brights of Colwall_ (1872), _p._ 11;
_Christian Life 10 and 17 May 1884_; _N. Hawthorne and his wife
ii_, 21–7 (1885).

BRIGHT, JACOB (_youngest son of Jacob Bright_). Learnt handloom
weaving at New Mills Derbyshire 1790–6; bookkeeper to J. and W.
Holme of Rochdale, partner with them; cotton spinner at Hanging
road factory Rochdale, at Greenbank mill Cronkeyshaw 1809, had
7000 spindles at work 1823; retired from business 1839. _d._ 7
July 1851 aged 76. _Fortunes made in business ii_, 181–97 (1884).

BRIGHT, JOHN. _b._ Derbyshire 1782; ed. at Wad. coll. Ox., B.A.
1801, M.A. 1804, M.B. 1806, M.D. 1808; practised at Birmingham;
removed to London; candidate of R.C.P. 30 Sep. 1808, Fellow 30
Sep. 1809, Censor 1813, 1822, 1833 and 1840, Harveian orator 1830,
Consiliarius 1839, an Elect 25 June 1839; Physician to Westminster
hospital 1822–43; a Metropolitan Commissioner in Lunacy 1 Sep.
1836. _d._ 19 Manchester sq. London 1 Feb. 1870. _Munk’s Roll of
physicians iii_, 79 (1878).

BRIGHT, REV. MYNORS (_son of John Bright, physician 1783–1870_).
_b._ 1818; ed. at Shrewsbury; entered Magd. coll. Cam. 3 July
1835, B.A. 1840, M.A. 1843, Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholar 1843,
foundation fellow, and tutor of his college, president 1853 to
1873; proctor of Univ. of Cam. 1853; re-edited Lord Braybrook’s
edition of _Pepys’s Diary_ published simultaneously in 4º. and 8º.
_6 vols._ 1879 for which he redeciphered the whole of Pepys’s
Diary from the original M.S. in Magd. coll. library. _d._ 23
Sussex place, Regent’s Park, London 23 Feb. 1883.

BRIGHT, RICHARD (_3 son of Richard Bright of Bristol, merchant_).
_b._ Queen sq. Bristol 28 Sep. 1789; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.D.
13 Sep. 1813; L.R.C.P. 23 Dec. 1816; assistant phys. to Guy’s
hospital 1820–4, phys. 1824–43; F.R.S. 8 March 1821; F.R.C.P. 25
June 1832, Gulstonian lecturer 1833, Lumleian lecturer 1837,
Censor 1836 and 1839, Consiliarius 1838 and 1843; phys.
extraordinary to Queen Victoria 8 Aug. 1837; the leading
consulting phys. in London; discovered several affections of the
kidney, dependent upon an altered condition of the blood, called
after him Bright’s disease or nephritis; author of _Travels from
Vienna through Lower Hungary_ 1818; _Reports of medical cases,
selected with a view of illustrating the symptom and cure of
diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy 3 parts_ 1827–31. _d._
11 Savile Row, London 16 Dec. 1858. _Munk’s Roll of physicians
iii_, 155–60 (1878); _Pettigrew’s Medical portrait gallery vol. 2_
(1840), _portrait_; _Proc. of Royal Soc. x_, 1–4 (1860); _Morbus
Brighti von Joseph Buchner_, _Leipzig 1870_.

BRIGHT, RICHARD (_son of the succeeding_). _b._ Abbots Leigh near
Bristol 14 April 1822; ed. at Rugby and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1843;
barrister I.T. 21 Nov. 1851; M.P. for East Somerset 19 Nov. 1868
to death. _d._ 28 Feb. 1878.

BRIGHT, ROBERT (_brother of Richard Bright 1789–1858_). _b._ 1795;
partner in great mercantile house of Gibbs and Bright of Bristol,
Liverpool and London, owners of the Eagle line of packets and of
Great Britain steamship; took chief part in freeing port of
Bristol from heavy dues levied on its commerce 1848 for which he
was presented with a service of plate worth £1,000 at Bristol
March 1855. _d._ Abbots Leigh near Bristol 19 Sep. 1869. _I.L.N.
xxvi_, 325–6 (1855).

BRIGHTWELL, CECILIA LUCY (_eld. child of the succeeding_). _b._
Thorpe near Norwich 27 Feb. 1811; pupil of John Sell Cotman,
etcher; etched many landscapes and subjects; author of _Memorials
of the life of Amelia Opie_ 1854, _2 ed._ 1855; _Palissy, the
Huguenot potter a true tale_ 1858, _2 ed._ 1877; _Heroes of the
laboratory and the workshop_ 1859, _2 ed._ 1860 and 18 other
books. _d._ Norwich 17 April 1875.

BRIGHTWELL, THOMAS (_son of Thomas Brightwell of Ipswich, tanner_).
_b._ 18 March 1787; articled to S. Daniell of Colchester,
attorney; practised at Norwich 1810; partner with Thomas Bignold;
mayor of Norwich 1837; F.L.S. 1821; made a fine collection of
Insects especially Coleoptera, which he gave to the Norwich museum
about 1844; author of _Notes on the Pentateuch selected from the
exegetical parts of Rosenmuller’s Scholia_ 1840. _d._ Norwich 17
Nov. 1868. _Memorials of the life of Mr. Brightwell of Norwich by
his daughter C. L. Brightwell_ 1869, _portrait_.

BRIGSTOCKE, THOMAS. _b._ 1809; studied at Sass’s drawing school
London; pupil of H. P. Briggs, R.A. and J. P. Knight, R.A.; spent
8 years in Paris and Italy; made a copy of Raphael’s
‘Transfiguration’ in the Vatican which was purchased for Christ
Church, Albany st. Regent’s Park; went to Egypt 1847; painted an
historical picture entitled ‘The prayer for victory’; exhibited 16
pictures at R.A. and 2 at B.I. 1843–65; author of _The mutual
scourges, or France and her neighbours, an historical drama in 4
acts_ 1871. _d._ 11 March 1881.

BRIMLEY, GEORGE (_son of Mr. Brimley of Cambridge_). _b._ Cambridge
29 Dec. 1819; ed. at Totteridge, Herts. 1830–5; entered at Trin.
coll. Cam. Oct. 1838, scholar 1841, librarian 4 June 1845 to 1857;
contributed articles to the _Spectator_ and _Fraser’s Mag._ 1851
to death; one of the finest critics of his day. _d._ Cambridge 29
May 1857. _Essays by the late G. Brimley edited by W. G. Clark_,
_3 ed._ 1882, _portrait_.

BRINCKMAN, SIR THEODORE HENRY LAVINGTON, 1 Baronet (_eld. son of
Theodore Henry Broadhead of Holly grove, Windsor, M.P.
1767–1820._) _b._ London 17 Jany. 1798; ed. at Eton and Trin.
coll. Cam.; M.P. for Yarmouth 17 Jany. 1821 to 2 June 1826;
created baronet 30 Sep. 1831; assumed by royal licence original
family surname of Brinckman 5 July 1842. _d._ St. Leonards near
Windsor 9 Feb. 1880.

BRIND, FREDERICK. Colonel Bengal army 20 June 1854; C.B. 9 June
1849. _d._ Sealkote Bengal 10 July 1857 aged 55.

BRINDLE, VERY REV. THOMAS. _b._ Walton-le-Dale, Lancs. 18 Dec. 1791;
ed. at Benedictine coll. Ampleforth, Yorks.; ordained priest Sep.
1815; administrator of Western diocese and Grand Vicar March 1829
to 1830; regent of college at Prior park, Bath 1830 to Nov. 1849;
vicar general of diocese of Clifton 1850 an office which he held
at various periods for 21 years; provost of the Cathedral Chapter
1852; domestic prelate to Pope Gregory xvi, 1854; received many
persons into R.C. church during Tractarian movement. _d._ Bath 13
Dec. 1871. _Tablet 23 Dec. 1871._

BRINE, GEORGE (_3 son of James Brine, admiral R.N. who d. 1814_).
Entered navy Feb. 1797; captain 7 Dec. 1818; retired 1 Oct. 1846;
retired admiral 23 March 1863. _d._ Richmond, Surrey 16 Nov. 1864
aged 79.

BRINTON, WILLIAM (_2 son of Henry Brinton of Kidderminster, carpet
manufacturer who d. about 1856_). _b._ Kidderminster 20 Nov. 1823;
matric. at Univ. of London 1843, M.B. 1847, M.D. 1848; M.R.C.P.
1849, F.R.C.P. 1854, Croonian lecturer 1859; medical tutor at
King’s college, London 1850–3; lecturer on forensic medicine at
St. Thomas’s hospital 1853; phys. to Royal free hospital 1852–60
and to St. Thomas’s hospital 1860 to Nov. 1864; member of Alpine
Club; F.R.S. 1864; author of _Bürger’s Leonora, Englished_ [_by
W.B._] 1850; _On the medical selection of lives for insurance_
1856, _3 ed._ 1861; _The diseases of the stomach_ 1859. _d._ 24
Brook st. Grosvenor sq. London 17 Jany. 1867. _Proc. of Royal Soc.
xvi_, 6–8 (1865).

BRISBANE, SIR THOMAS MACDOUGALL (_eld. son of Thomas Brisbane of
Largs, Ayrshire who d. 1812 aged 92_). _b._ Brisbane house, Largs
23 July 1773; ensign 38 Foot 9 April 1789; lieut. col. 69 Foot 4
April 1800 to 30 May 1805 when placed on h.p.; commanded 1 brigade
of 3 division in Peninsula 1812 to end of the war; commanded
brigade in Canada 1813 and a brigade in army of occupation in
France and afterwards the second division there; governor of New
South Wales 1 Dec. 1821 to 1 Dec. 1825; colonel 34 Foot 16 Dec.
1826 to death; general 23 Nov. 1841; fought in 14 general actions
and 23 other battles; erected an observatory near Brisbane house
1808, another at Paramatta near Sydney opened 2 May 1822 and a
third at Makerstown near Kelso 1826 to which he added a magnetic
station 1841 only one in Scotland; F.R.S. 10 May 1810; F.R.S.
Edin. 1811, pres. 1832; gold medallist of Royal Astronom. Soc.
1828; F.G.S. 1833; pres. of British Assoc. at Edin. 1834; G.C.H.
1831; baronet 22 Feb. 1836; G.C.B. 6 Feb. 1837. _d._ Brisbane
house 27 Jany. 1860. _Reminiscences of Sir T. M. Brisbane
privately printed_ 1860; _Proc. of Royal Soc. xi_, 3–7 (1860);
_Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xxi_, 98–100 (1861);
_G.M. viii_, 298–302 (1860).

BRISCO, SIR ROBERT, 3 Baronet. _b._ Crofton hall, Carlisle 17 Sep.
1808; succeeded 1 Oct. 1862; became a pledged abstainer 1858, vice
pres. of United Kingdom Alliance, lectured frequently on
temperance. _d._ Crofton hall 23 Dec. 1884.

BRISCO, SIR WASTELL, 2 Baronet. _b._ 17 May 1778; succeeded 27 Dec.
1806; sheriff of Cumberland 1813. _d._ Crofton hall 1 Oct. 1862.

BRISCOE, JOHN IVATT (_son of John Briscoe of Cross Deep,
Twickenham_). _b._ Twickenham 1791; ed. at Ealing and Univ. coll.
Ox., B.A. 1812, M.A. 1815; M.P. for Surrey 1830–32, for East
Surrey 1832–34, for Westbury 1837–41 and for West Surrey 1857 to
death. _d._ 60 Eaton place, London 16 Aug. 1870.

BRISCOE, JOSEPH. _b._ Wilmount, co. Kilkenny; ed. at Trin. coll.
Dublin; went to United States 1854; connected as civil engineer
with many important public works in Pennsylvania coalfields;
enlisted in First New York Volunteers at outbreak of the civil
war; chief of the staff of Tenth army corps; colonel of 199
regiment Pennsylvania volunteers; commanded a brigade at capture
of Petersburg; stormed Fort Gregg for which he was brevetted
general; pres. of Examining board for officers in regular army.
_d._ New York 24 May 1869 aged 35.

BRISTOL, FREDERICK WILLIAM HERVEY, 1 Marquis of (_younger son of
Right Rev. Frederic Augustus Hervey, bishop of Derry, 4 Earl of
Bristol 1730–1803_). _b._ 2 June 1769; ed. at St. John’s coll.
Cam., M.A. 1788, LLD. 1811; ensign 1 Foot Guards 1788–92; M.P. for
Bury St. Edmunds 27 May 1796 to 8 July 1803 when he succeeded;
under sec. of state for foreign affairs 20 Feb. 1801 to 8 Nov.
1803; F.R.S. 23 May 1805; created Marquis of Bristol and Earl
Jermyn of Horning’s Heath, Suffolk 30 June 1826. _d._ 6 St.
James’s sq. London 15 Feb. 1859. _Doyle’s Official baronage of
England i_, 242 (1886), _portrait_.

BRISTOL, FREDERICK WILLIAM HERVEY, 2 Marquis of (_eld. son of the
preceding_). _b._ Portland place, London 15 July 1800; ed. at
Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1822, LLD. 1862; M.P. for Bury St. Edmunds
12 June 1826 to 15 Feb. 1859 when he succeeded; treasurer of Royal
household 9 Sep. 1841 to 6 July 1846; P.C. 6 Oct. 1841; colonel of
West Suffolk militia 25 March 1846 to death. _d._ Ickworth park,
Bury St. Edmunds 30 Oct. 1864.

BRISTOW, ALFRED RHODES (_youngest son of Isaac Bristow of Greenwich,
government contractor_). _b._ Greenwich 20 Dec. 1819; ed. at
King’s college London; admitted solicitor 1842, head of firm of
Bristow and Tarrant of London and Greenwich; represented Greenwich
and Deptford at Metropolitan Board of Works 1856–62; solicitor to
the Admiralty 1862 to death; barrister G.I. 17 Nov. 1868; M.P. for
Kidderminster 30 April 1859 to May 1862; treasurer of Westminster
Chess Club Oct. 1870 to death; fell down dead on leaving railway
station at Sydenham 5 April 1875. _Westminster Papers viii_, 14
(1876), _portrait_.

BRISTOW, HENRY. _b._ 1786; cornet 1 Life Guards 14 Feb. 1805; major
11 Foot 20 Jany. 1814 to 27 April 1815 when placed on h.p.; M.G.
20 June 1854. _d._ Madrid 22 Nov. 1874.

BRISTOWE, EDMUND (_son of Mr. Bristowe of Windsor, heraldic
printer_). _b._ Windsor 1 April 1787; made sketches of public
characters in Eton and Windsor; exhibited 7 pictures at R.A., 12
at B.I. and 8 at Suffolk st. gallery 1809–38; some of his works
are in the royal collection at Windsor. _d._ Eton 12 Feb. 1876.

BRITTAIN, THOMAS. _b._ Sheffield 2 Jany. 1806; a professional
accountant; lived at Manchester about 1842 to death; lectured on
natural science at mechanics’ and similar institutions; vice.
pres. of Manchester Microscopical Society 1879, then pres.; author
of _Half a dozen songs by Brittannicus_ 1846 _privately printed_;
_Micro-fungi, when and where to find them_ 1882; _Whist, how to
play and how to win_ 1882. _d._ Manchester 23 Jany. 1884. _Axon’s
Field Naturalist_ (1882), _p._ 148; _Unitarian Herald 1 Feb.
1884_.

BRITTON, JOHN (_eld. son of Mr. Britton of Kington St. Michael near
Chippenham Wilts., farmer_). _b._ Kington St. Michael 7 July 1771;
author of _The beauties of Wiltshire 3 vols._ 1801–25; _The
architectural antiquities of Great Britain 4 vols._ 1805–14;
_Cathedral antiquities of England 14 vols._ 1814–35; _Dictionary
of the architecture and archæology of the middle ages 4 parts_
1830–8; edited with E. W. Brayley _The beauties of England and
Wales 10 vols._ 1801–14; granted civil list pension of £75, 5
April 1852. _d._ Burton cottage Burton st. London 1 Jany. 1857.
_Autobiography of John Britton_ 1850; _G.M. ii_, 126, 185–92, 258
(1857).

BRIZZI, SIGNOR, stage name of Francesco Achille Scipione Bisteghi
(_son of Giovanni Bisteghi, general in army of Napoleon I_). _b._
Milan 16 April 1810; pupil at Royal Academy of Music, London Sep.
1828 to Dec. 1831; fought in Piedmontese army against the
Austrians 1848; greatly assisted Benjamin Lumley in organising new
company for Her Majesty’s theatre London 1855, director of the
company on its Continental tour 1856. _d._ 47 Grove road, Regent’s
park, London 24 Aug. 1884. _Illust. sporting and dramatic news
xxii_, 27 (1884).

BROADBRIDGE, WILLIAM, _b._ Duncton near Petworth, Sussex 1 Oct.
1790; a farmer there; played in cricket matches 1813–40; played
his first match at Lords (Sussex _v._ Epsom) 2–6 July 1817 when
1047 runs were made altogether, being largest number ever made
down to 1861 or later; a good batsman and wicket keeper; in a
match Sussex _v._ Hampshire and Surrey 7 Aug. 1826 he performed
extraordinary feat of stumping 7 men and catching 2. _d._ Duncton
19 April 1860.

BROADHEAD, HENRY (_6 son of Theodore Henry Broadhead of Holly Grove,
Windsor, M.P. 1767–1820_). _b._ 25 April 1806; entered navy 6
April 1820; captain 27 June 1846; admiral on half pay 1 Aug. 1877.
_d._ Walton on Thames 20 May 1878.

BROADHEAD, WILLIAM. Secretary of Saw Grinders Union at Sheffield
from 1848 in connection with which a great many outrages were
committed; treasurer of United Kingdom Alliance of organised
trades; kept an inn in Carver st. Sheffield to 22 Aug. 1867 when
magistrates refused to renew his license; went to America Nov.
1869 but failed to find employment there; lectured upon his own
career; a grocer in Meadow st. Sheffield to death; he is the
villain under name of Grotait of Charles Reade’s novel _Put
yourself in his place_. _d._ Meadow st. Sheffield 15 March 1879
aged about 60. _Sheffield Daily Telegraph 17 March 1879 p. 4_,
_col. 2_; _Trades unions commission, Sheffield outrages inquiry
vol. 2 Minutes of evidence_ (1867) 222–51.

BROADLEY, HENRY, _b._ 1793; chairman of Hull and Selby railway
1836–43; M.P. for east riding of Yorkshire 10 Aug. 1837 to death.
_d._ 3 Charles st. St. James’s square, London 8 Aug. 1851 in 58
year. _bur._ Holy Trinity church Hull 16 Aug.

BROCK, THOMAS SAUMAREZ. Entered navy 9 Feb. 1815; captain 13 Nov.
1850; held possession of Eupatoria against the Russians 15 Sep.
1854 to 25 Dec. 1854; superintendent agent of transports at Genoa
15 March 1855; retired R.A. 20 March 1867; C.B. 5 July 1855;
knight of St. Maurice and Lazare 1856. _d._ The hermitage,
Guernsey 28 April 1873 in 73 year.

BROCK, REV. WILLIAM (_eld. child of Wm. Brock of Honiton, Devon,
Unitarian baptist who d. 20 June 1811_). _b._ Honiton 14 Feb.
1807; ed. at Culmstock and Honiton; apprenticed to a watchmaker at
Sidmouth Sep. 1820 to March 1828; a journeyman watchmaker at
Hertford 1828–29; studied at Derby and Stepney baptist college;
pastor of baptist chapel in parish of St. Mary’s Norwich 1833–48;
pastor of Bloomsbury chapel London 5 Dec. 1848 to 30 Sep. 1872;
D.D. Harvard 1859; held his first service in London theatres, at
the Britannia theatre Hoxton 18 Dec. 1859; pres. of London Baptist
association Nov. 1865; went to the United States 1866; pres. of
Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland 1869; author of
_Fraternal appeals to young men; Sacramental religion_ 1850; _A
biographical sketch of Sir Henry Havelock_ 1858; _Midsummer
morning sermons_ 1872. _d._ Orwell house, St. Leonards 13 Nov.
1875. _Life of W. Brock by C. M. Birrell_ 1878, _portrait_; _W.
Brock by G. W. M’Cree_ 1876; _Rev. C. M. Davies’s Unorthodox
London_ (1873) 81–88; _I.L.N. lxvii_, 537, 590 (1875), _portrait_;
_Graphic xi_, 518, 533 (1875), _portrait_.

BROCK, REV. WILLIAM JOHN (_eld. son of John Brock of George st.
Portman sq. London_). _b._ about 1818; ed. at Magd. hall Ox.; C.
of St. George’s, Barnsley 1852; P.C. of Hayfield, Derbyshire 1856
to death; author of _Wayside verses_ 1848; _Twenty seven sermons_
1855, _2 ed._ 1858; _The rough wind stayed_ 1867; _The bright
light in the clouds_ 1870. _d._ Hayfield 27 April 1863 aged 45.

BROCKEDON, WILLIAM (_only child of Mr. Brockedon of Totnes, Devon,
watchmaker who d. Sep. 1802_). _b._ Totnes 13 Oct. 1787;
watchmaker at Totnes 1802–7; studied at R.A. London 1809–15;
painted “The resurrection of the widow’s son” which obtained
premium of £105 from British Institution 1818 and was presented by
him to Dartmouth church; patented plan of using drilled gems in
wire drawing 1819 universally adopted; founded Graphic Society
1831 an association of 100 artists of reputation; F.R.S. 18 Dec.
1834; exhibited 36 pictures at R.A. and 29 at B.I. 1812–37; author
of _Illustrations of the passes of the Alps 2 vols._ 1828–9;
_Journals of excursions in the Alps_ 1833; _Italy classical
historical and picturesque_ 1842–4; edited _Illustrated road book
from London to Naples_ 1835. _d._ 29 Devonshire st. Queen sq.
Bloomsbury, London 29 Aug. 1854. _G.M. xlii_, 521–3 (1854);
_Journal of Royal Geog. Soc. xxv_, 84 (1855).

BROCKET, STANES BROCKETT (_eld. son of Stanes Chamberlayne of the
Ryes, Essex who d. 12 April 1834 in 89 year_). _b._ 9 April 1782;
barrister M.T. 29 May 1812, bencher 1841 to death; assumed surname
of Brocket, May 1834; sheriff of Essex 1844. _d._ Spain’s hall
near Ongar 2 March 1873.

BROCKETT, WILLIAM HENRY (_youngest son of John Brockett of
Newcastle_). _b._ Jany. 1804; merchant at Gateshead; mayor of
Gateshead 1839; sole proprietor of _Gateshead Observer_; sec. to
Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of commerce; author of _The
tradesmens tokens of Durham and Northumberland_ 1851; _The
tradesmens tokens of Cumberland and Westmoreland_ 1853; _The
tradesmens tokens of Derbyshire_ 1857. _d._ Gateshead 15 Jany.
1867. _G.M. iii_, 264 (1867).

BROCKLEHURST, JOHN (_son of John Brocklehurst of Jordan gate house
Macclesfield_). _b._ 30 Oct. 1788; a silk manufacturer and banker
at Macclesfield; pres. of Macclesfield institution; M.P. for
Macclesfield 14 Dec. 1832 to 11 Nov. 1868. _d._ London 13 Aug.
1870. Personalty sworn under £800,000, 22 Oct. 1870.

BROCKMAN, EDWARD DRAKE (_youngest child of James Drake Brockman of
Beachborough near Hythe, Kent who d. 28 June 1832_). Barrister
I.T. 29 June 1819; recorder of Folkestone 1833; M.P. for Hythe 31
July 1847 to 21 March 1857. _d._ Beachborough 7 Nov. 1858.

BROCKY, CHARLES. _b._ Temeswar in the Banat Hungary 1807; studied
painting in Vienna and Paris; _portrait_ and subject painter in
London; exhibited 43 pictures at R.A. and 16 at B.I. 1839–54;
painted portraits of the Queen, Prince Consort, Lord Melbourne and
other celebrities; left 5 pictures to his native country which are
in the Musée at Pesth. _d._ London 8 July 1855. _N. Wilkinson’s
Sketch of the life of C. Brocky_ 1870.

BRODERIP, FRANCES FREELING (_2 dau. of Thomas Hood the poet
1798–1845_). _b._ Winchmore Hill, Middlesex 1830; granted civil
list pension of £50, 4 Oct. 1847; author of _Wayside Fancies_
1857; _Funny fables for little folks_ 1860; _Chrysal, or a story
with an end_ 1861 and many other childrens’ books. (_m._ 10 Sep.
1849 Rev. John Somerville Broderip R. of Cossington Somerset, he
was _b._ 1814 and _d._ 10 April 1866). _d._ Clevedon, Somerset 3
Nov. 1878.

BRODERIP, WILLIAM JOHN (_eld. child of Wm. Broderip of Bristol,
surgeon_). _b._ Princes st. Bristol 21 Nov. 1789; ed. at Bristol
and Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1812; pupil of Godfrey Sykes; barrister
L.I. 12 May 1817; magistrate at Thames police court 1822–46, and
at Westminster police court 1846 to Dec. 1855; bencher of Grays
Inn 30 Jany. 1850, treasurer 29 Jany. 1851; F.L.S. 1824; F.G.S.
1825, co-secretary to 1830; a founder of Zoological Society 1826;
F.R.S. 14 Feb. 1828; his unrivalled conchological cabinet was
purchased by British Museum; edited with P. Bingham _Reports of
cases in the Court of Common Pleas and other courts 3 vols._
1820–2; author of _Zoological recreations_ 1847; _Leaves from the
note book of a naturalist_ 1852. _d._ 2 Raymond’s buildings, Grays
Inn, London 27 Feb. 1859. _Berger’s W. J. Broderip, ancien
magistrat, naturaliste, litterateur, Paris_ 1856; _Fraser’s Mag.
lix_, 485–8 (1859); _I.L.N. ix_, 317 (1846) _portrait, xxviii_,
253 (1856), _portrait_; _Law mag. and law review viii_, 174–8
(1859).

BRODIE, ALEXANDER (_son of Wm. Brodie of Chesterhill,
Roxburghshire_). Author of _A history of the Roman government_
1810; _The prophetess, a tale of the last century in Italy 3
vols._ [_anon._] 1826. _d._ The Whim house, Peebleshire 13 March
1858.

BRODIE, ALEXANDER (_younger son of John Brodie of Aberdeen,
mariner_). _b._ Aberdeen 1830; apprenticed in foundry of Messrs.
Blaikie Brothers of Aberdeen brass-finishers; sculptor at Aberdeen
about 1858 to death; very successful in bust-portraiture and
medallions; his best known statues are those of Duke of Richmond
at Huntly and Queen Victoria at Aberdeen. _d._ Aberdeen 30 May
1867.

BRODIE, SIR BENJAMIN COLLINS, 1 Baronet (_3 son of Rev. Peter
Bellinger Brodie 1742–1804, R. of Winterslow, Wilts._) _b._
Winterslow 9 June 1783; studied at St. George’s hospital London
1803–5, assistant surgeon 1808 and surgeon 1822 to Jany. 1840;
teacher of anatomy in Windmill st. school 1805–12 and lecturer on
surgery 1808–29; F.R.S. 15 Feb. 1810, Copley medallist 1811 and
pres. 1858–61; professor of comparative anatomy and physiology at
College of Surgeons 1819–23 and pres. 1844; surgeon to George iv,
11 Aug. 1828; serjeant surgeon to Wm. iv, 5 Sep. 1832; presented
his pathological museum to St. George’s hospital 1829; created
baronet 30 Aug. 1834; author of _Pathological and surgical
observations on diseases of the joints_ 1818, _3 ed._ 1834;
_Lectures on the diseases of the urinary organs_ 1832, _4 ed._
1849 and many other books. _d._ Broome park, Surrey 21 Oct. 1862.
_Autobiography of the late Sir B. C. Brodie_ 1865; _Proc. of royal
society xii_, 42–56 (1863); _Pettigrew’s Medical portrait gallery
ii_, (1840), _portrait_; _Taylor’s National portrait gallery i_,
41 (1846), _portrait_.

BRODIE, SIR BENJAMIN COLLINS, 2 Baronet (_eld. son of the
preceding_). _b._ Sackville st. Piccadilly, London 5 Feb. 1817;
ed. at Harrow and Ball. coll. Ox., B.A. 1838, hon. D.C.L. 1872;
studied chemistry at Giessen 1845; propounded doctrine of polarity
of chemical elements 1847; sec. of Chemical Soc. of London 1850–4,
pres. 1859–61; F.R.S. 7 June 1849, Royal medallist 1850; lecturer
at Royal Institution 1851; Aldrichian prof. of chemistry at Ox.
1855–66 when professorship was suppressed, and Waynflete prof. of
chemistry 1865–72; discovered graphitic acid. _d._ Torquay 24 Nov.
1880. _Journal of Chemical Soc. xxxix_, 182–5 (1881).

BRODIE, GEORGE (_youngest son of Wm. Brodie of Chesterhill, East
Lothian, farmer_). _b._ Chesterhill 1786; ed. at high sch. and
Univ. of Edin.; member of faculty of advocates 1811;
historiographer royal of Scotland 1836 to death; author of _A
history of the British empire from the accession of Charles I to
the Restoration 4 vols._ 1822, _new ed. 3 vols._ 1866; edited
_Stair’s Institutes of the law of Scotland_. _d._ Percy house,
Randolph road, London 22 Jany. 1867.

BRODIE, JAMES CAMPBELL JOHN. _b._ 26 March 1843; ed. at Rugby and
St. Andrew’s; lord lieutenant of Nairnshire 26 June 1873 to death.
_d._ Moss close, Manor road, Bournemouth 25 Feb. 1880.

BRODIE, JOHN. _b._ Edinburgh; served at hospital Scutari during
Russian war; went to New York 1869; city editor of _New York
Dispatch_; contributed largely to columns of the _Spirit of the
Times_. _d._ New York 29 Jany. 1873 aged 32.

BRODIE, PETER BELLINGER (_brother of Sir B. C. Brodie, 1 Baronet_).
_b._ Winterslow, Wilts. 20 Aug. 1778; pupil of Charles Butler; a
conveyancer; barrister I.T. 5 May 1815; drew charter of King’s
College London 1829; a real property comr. 1828, drew the part
relating to Fines and Recoveries of first report made May 1829,
the part relating to Probate of wills of second report made June
1830, and the part relating to Copyhold and Ancient Demesne made
April 1833; drew bill for abolishing Fines and Recoveries which
became law 1833; author of _A treatise on a tax on successions to
real as well as personal properly_ 1850. _d._ 49 Lincoln’s Inn
Fields, London 8 Sep. 1854. _Law Review xxi_, 348–54 (1855).

BRODIE, WILLIAM. _b._ 2 July 1799; ed. at King’s coll. Aberdeen;
lord lieutenant of Nairnshire 1824 to death. _d._ Brodie castle,
Forres, Morayshire 6 June 1873.

BRODIE, WILLIAM (_brother of Alexander Brodie 1830–67_). _b._ Banff
22 Jany. 1815; studied in the Trustees school of design, Edinburgh
1846–52; an associate of Royal Scottish Academy 1857, member 1859,
sec. 8 Nov. 1876; executed _portrait_ busts of most of the
celebrities of his day; executed 4 busts of the Queen, colossal
statue of Prince Consort at Perth, and one of the representative
groups in bronze, for Scottish memorial to Prince Consort in Edin.
_d._ Douglas lodge, Edin. 30 Oct. 1881. _Biograph ii_, 218 (1879).

BRODIE, WILLIAM BIRD. _b._ 26 Sep. 1780; a banker at Salisbury; M.P.
for Salisbury 14 Dec. 1832 to April 1843. _d._ Swanage, Dorset 24
Oct. 1863.

BRODRIBB, WILLIAM PERRIN. Pupil of Abernethy at St. Bartholomew’s
hospital London; L.S.A. 1822, M.R.C.S. 1823, L.R.C.P. Edin. 1859;
surgeon to Magdalen hospital, London; chairman of court of
examiners of Society of Apothecaries 1860–1, sec. to the court
1865 to death. _d._ 7 Bloomsbury sq. London 8 Jany. 1869 aged 68.

BROGDEN, REV. JAMES. Educ. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1830, M.A.
1833; R. of Great Henny, Essex 1841–5; C. of St. Michaels, St.
Albans 1845–8; V. of Deddington, Oxon 1848 to death; author of
_Illustrations of the liturgy and ritual of the united church of
England and Ireland 3 vols._ 1842; _Catholic safeguards against
the errors, novelties, and corruptions of the church of Rome 3
vols._ 1851. _d._ Deddington 11 Feb. 1864 aged 58.

BROKE, SIR ARTHUR BROOKE DE CAPELL, 2 Baronet (_elder son of Sir
Richard Brooke-Supple, 1 baronet 1758–1829_). _b._ Bolton st.
Piccadilly, London 22 Oct. 1791; ed. at Magd. coll. Ox., B.A.
1813, M.A. 1816; captain 17 Dragoons 26 Feb. 1818 placed on h.p.
same date; changed his name from Brooke to Broke; F.R.S. 29 May
1823; founded the Raleigh Club, (forerunner of Royal Geographical
Society), first regular meeting took place at the Thatched house 7
Feb. 1827, in 1854 the name of Raleigh was dropped and it became
Geographical club; succeeded 27 Nov. 1829; sheriff of
Northamptonshire 1843; author of _Travels through Sweden, Norway
and Finmark to the North Cape_ 1823; _A winter in Lapland and
Sweden_ 1827; _Sketches in Spain and Morocco 2 vols._ 1831. _d._
Oakley hall near Kettering 6 Dec. 1858. _C. Markham’s Fifty years
work of the Royal Geographical Society_ (1881) 15–18.

BROKE, CHARLES ACTON. _b._ 30 June 1818; 2 lieut. R.E. 18 June 1836,
captain 17 Feb. 1854 to death; quartered in island of Zante; well
known to all H.M.’s ships, merchantships and yachts as “Signal
Broke” as he challenged all vessels passing Zante from the signal
posts and extracted news from them; supported 40 or 50 starving
families in Zante during winters of 1852–54. _d._ Ayr 7 Sep. 1855.

BROKE, HORATIO GEORGE. _b._ 4 June 1790; captain 58 Foot 18 March
1813 to 25 Feb. 1816 when placed on h.p.; permanent assistant
quartermaster general 4 July 1823; deputy quartermaster general
Nova Scotia 20 July 1830 to 12 Sep. 1834; aide-de-camp to the
Queen 23 Nov. 1841 to 20 June 1854; colonel 88 Foot 24 Dec. 1858
to death; L.G. 15 June 1860. _d._ Gloucester place, Portman sq.
London 30 Aug. 1860.

BROKE, SIR PHILIP VERE, 2 Baronet. _b._ 15 Jany. 1804; entered navy
Dec. 1819; captain 12 Sep. 1835; succeeded 2 June 1841; sheriff of
Suffolk 1844. _d._ Broke hall near Ipswich 24 Feb. 1855.

BROKE, SIR WILLIAM DE CAPELL, 3 Baronet. _b._ Deal, Kent 12 June
1801; ed. at Rugby and Brasn. coll. Ox., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1835;
barrister I.T. 25 May 1827; sheriff of Rutland 1852; succeeded 6
Dec. 1858. _d._ The Elms, Market Harborough 8 March 1886. _Law
Times lxxx_, 364 (1886).

BROMBY, REV. JOHN HEALEY. _b._ 1771; ed. at Hull gr. sch. and Sid.
Suss. coll. Cam., 17 wrangler 1792, B.A. 1792, M.A. 1795, fellow
of his coll.; V. of Trinity, Hull 1797–1866; V. of Cheswardine,
Salop 1821–67; master of the Charterhouse, Hull 1849 to death;
author of various sermons, essays and lectures published in Hull.
_d._ Hull 25 March 1868, the oldest clergyman in Church of
England.

BROME, FREDERICK. Governor of military prison on Windmill hill,
Gibraltar 1846 to Dec. 1868, and of military prison at Weedon
Northampton 1869 which was abolished same year; well known as a
palæontologist. _d._ 4 March 1870. _Nature i_, 509 (1870).

BROMEHEAD, REV. WILLIAM CRAWFORD (_youngest son of Rev. A. C.
Bromehead of Newbold, Warws._) Educ. at Repton and Trin. coll.
Cam., scholar, B.A. 1849, M.A. 1853, B.D. 1879, chaplain of his
college 1857–9; chaplain in Bengal 1859–79; one of founders of
Indian church aid association and the first hon. sec.; chaplain in
ord. at Kensington palace, London 8 July 1879 to death; author of
_A short account of the lives of the bishops of Calcutta_ 1876;
_Step by step or the devout communicant led through the Church to
the vision of God_ 1878. _d._ Kensington palace 6 May 1884 aged
59.

BROMFIELD, WILLIAM ARNOLD (_son of Rev. John Arnold Bromfield of
Boldre in the New Forest who d. 1801_). _b._ Boldre 1801; entered
Univ. of Glasgow 1821, M.D. 1823; travelled through Germany, Italy
and France 1826–30; went to West Indies 1844 and to North America
1846; embarked for the East, Sep. 1850; author of _List of plants
likely to be found wild in the Isle of Wight_ 1840;
_Botanico-topographical map of the Isle of Wight_ 1850; _Letters
from Egypt and Syria_ 1856. _d._ of malignant typhus fever at
Damascus 9 Oct. 1851. _Hooker’s Kew garden miscell. iii_, 373–82
(1851); _Proc. of Linnæan Soc. ii_, 182–3 (1855); _W. A.
Bromfield’s Flora Vectensis_ 1856, _portrait_.

BROMHEAD, SIR EDMUND GONVILLE, 3 Baronet. _b._ Birch grove,
Ballinasloe 22 Jany. 1791; ensign 8 Foot 18 Jany. 1808; lieut. 54
Foot 23 March 1809; captain 19 Foot 21 Nov. 1822 to 13 May 1826
when placed on h.p. as major; served in Walcheren expedition, the
Peninsula and at Waterloo; led the forlorn hope at Cambray 24 June
1815; succeeded 14 March 1855. _d._ Thurlby hall near Lincoln 25
Oct 1870.

BROMHEAD, SIR EDWARD THOMAS FFRENCH, 2 Baronet (_eldest son of Sir
Gonville Bromhead, 1 baronet 1758–1822_). _b._ Dublin 26 March
1789; ed. at Gonville and Caius. coll. Cam., B.A. 1812, M.A. 1815;
barrister I.T. 28 May 1813; succeeded 11 May 1822; F.R.S. 13 March
1817, F.L.S. 1844. _d._ Thurlby hall 14 March 1855.

BROMLEY, SIR RICHARD MADOX (_2 son of Samuel Bromley, Surgeon R.N.
who d. 1835_). _b._ 11 June 1813; ed. at Lewisham gr. sch.;
entered Admiralty department of Civil service 1829; sec. to Comrs.
for auditing public accounts 6 June 1848 to Feb. 1854; accountant
general of the Navy Feb. 1854 to March 1863; comr. of Greenwich
hospital 28 March 1863 to death; C.B. 13 Sep. 1854, K.C.B. 6 Sep.
1858. _d._ The Marina, St. Leonard’s-on-Sea 30 Nov. 1865.

BROMLEY, SIR ROBERT HOWE, 3 Baronet (_only son of Sir George Smith,
2 baronet 1753–1808, who assumed surname of Bromley 1778_). _b._
Stoke near Newark 28 Nov. 1778; entered navy 26 Dec. 1791; captain
28 April 1802; placed on h.p. 1809; admiral 17 Aug. 1851;
succeeded his father 17 Aug. 1808. _d._ Stoke 8 July 1857.

BROMLEY, VALENTINE WALTER (_eld. son of Wm. Bromley of St. John’s
Wood, London_). _b._ London 14 Feb. 1848; contributed many
illustrations to _Illustrated London News_; an associate of
Institute of painters in water colours; exhibited 5 pictures at
R.A. and 22 at Suffolk st. gallery 1865–77; his picture of Troilus
and Cressida is engraved in _Art Journal_ 1873. _d._ Fallows
Green, Harpenden 30 April 1877. _I.L.N. lxx_, 469 (1877),
_portrait_.

BROMLEY-DAVENPORT, WILLIAM (_eld. son of Rev. Walter
Davenport-Bromley of Wooton hall, Staffs. 1787–1862_). _b._
Capesthorn near Crewe 20 Aug. 1821; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox.;
lieut. col. Staffordshire yeomanry cavalry 13 July 1864 to death;
M.P. for North Warwickshire Dec. 1864 to death; assumed name of
Bromley-Davenport in lieu of Davenport-Bromley 1868; aide-de-camp
to the Queen 15 Aug. 1883 to death; author of many hunting songs
and of an article entitled _Fox hunting_ in _The Nineteenth
Century June 1883_. _d._ Lichfield 15 June 1884. _Waagen’s
Treasures of art iii_, 371–80 (1854); _I.L.N. lxxxv_, 629 (1884),
_portrait_; _Baily’s Mag. xlii_, 385 (1884).

BRONTE, CHARLOTTE MARY HOOD, Duchess of (_only dau. of Wm. Nelson, 1
Earl Nelson 1757–1835_). _b._ 20 Sep. 1787; succeeded her father
as Duchess of Bronte in Sicily 28 Feb. 1835. (_m._ 3 July 1810
Samuel Hood, 2 Baron Bridport 1788–1868). _d._ Cricket, St. Thomas
29 Jany. 1873. _Earl Nelson v. Lord Bridport, 6 Beavan, Reports in
Chancery_ 295–305 (1845); _7 Beavan_ 195–202 (1846); _8 Beavan_
527–74 (1847).