BARONETAGE
Last updated 29/05/2018 (6 Feb 2024)
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the baronet was buried on that date.
BOYNTON of Barmston, Yorks
For information on the ghost of Burton Agnes Hall, home of the Boynton baronets, see the note at the foot of this page
15 May 1618	E	1	Sir Matthew Boynton MP for Hedon 1620 and Scarborough 1645‑1647	26 Jan 1591	12 Mar 1647	56
12 Mar 1647		2	Francis Boynton	c 1618	9 Sep 1695
9 Sep 1695		3	Griffith Boynton	8 Dec 1664	22 Dec 1731	67
22 Dec 1731		4	Francis Boynton MP for Hedon 1734‑1739	17 Nov 1677	16 Sep 1739	61
16 Sep 1739		5	Griffith Boynton	24 May 1712	18 Oct 1761	49
18 Oct 1761		6	Griffith Boynton MP for Beverley 1772‑1774	22 Feb 1745	6 Jan 1778	32
6 Jan 1778		7	Griffith Boynton	17 Jul 1769	10 Jul 1801	31
10 Jul 1801		8	Francis Boynton	28 Mar 1777	19 Nov 1832	55
19 Nov 1832		9	Henry Boynton	22 Mar 1778	28 Aug 1854	76
28 Aug 1854		10	Henry Boynton	2 Mar 1811	25 Jun 1869	58
25 Jun 1869		11	Henry Somerville Boynton	23 Jun 1844	11 Apr 1899	54
11 Apr 1899		12	Griffith Henry Boynton	31 May 1849	19 Oct 1937	88
19 Oct 1937 to     10 Mar 1966		13	Griffith Wilfrid Norman Boynton Extinct on his death	30 May 1889	10 Mar 1966	76
BRABAZON of Newpark, Mayo
16 Dec 1797	I	1	Anthony Brabazon	c 1750	3 Jul 1803
3 Jul 1803 to     24 Oct 1840		2	William John Brabazon MP for Mayo 1835‑1840 Extinct on his death		24 Oct 1840
BRACEWELL-SMITH of Keighley, Yorks
28 Nov 1947	UK	1	Sir Bracewell Smith MP for Dulwich 1932‑1945	29 Jun 1884	12 Jan 1966	81
12 Jan 1966		2	George Bracewell Smith	5 Nov 1912	18 Sep 1976	63
18 Sep 1976		3	Guy Bracewell Smith	12 Dec 1952	1983	30
1983		4	Charles Bracewell Smith	13 Oct 1955
BRADFORD of South Audley Street, Westminster
24 Jul 1902	UK	1	Sir Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford	27 Jul 1836	13 May 1911	74
13 May 1911		2	Evelyn Ridley Bradford	16 Apr 1869	14 Sep 1914	45
14 Sep 1914		3	Edward Montagu Andrew Bradford For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	30 Nov 1910	1 Apr 1952	41
1 Apr 1952		4	John Ridley Evelyn Bradford For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	14 Sep 1941	23 Dec 1954	13
23 Dec 1954		5	Edward Alexander Slade Bradford	18 Jun 1952
BRADFORD of Mawddwy, Merioneth
26 Jan 1931 to     7 Apr 1935	UK	1	Sir John Rose Bradford Extinct on his death	7 May 1863	7 Apr 1935	71
BRADSHAIGH of Haigh, Lancs
17 Nov 1679	E	1	Roger Bradshaigh MP for Lancashire 1660	14 Jan 1628	31 Mar 1684	56
31 Mar 1684		2	Roger Bradshaigh MP for Wigan 1679 and Lancashire 1685‑1687	c 1649	17 Jun 1687
17 Jun 1687		3	Roger Bradshaigh MP for Wigan 1695‑1747	29 Apr 1675	25 Feb 1747	71
25 Feb 1747 to     c 1779		4	Roger Bradshaigh Extinct on his death	c 1710	c 1779
BRADSTREET of Castilla, Dublin
14 Jul 1759	I	1	Simon Bradstreet	1693	26 Apr 1762	68
26 Apr 1762		2	Simon Bradstreet	22 Mar 1728	16 Dec 1773	45
16 Dec 1773		3	Samuel Bradstreet MP [I] for Dublin City 1776‑1784	Oct 1738	2 May 1791	52
2 May 1791		4	Simon Bradstreet	25 Nov 1772	25 Oct 1853	80
25 Oct 1853		5	John Valentine Bradstreet	23 Sep 1815	21 Nov 1889	74
21 Nov 1889		6	Edward Simon Bradstreet	24 Aug 1820	30 Mar 1905	84
30 Mar 1905 to     13 Jan 1924		7	Edward Simon Victor Bradstreet Extinct on his death	27 May 1856	13 Jan 1924	67
BRADY of Hazelbrook, Dublin
19 Jan 1869	UK	1	Maziere Brady Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer [I] 1840‑1846; Lord Chancellor [I] 1846‑1852, 1853‑1858 and 1859‑1866; PC [I] 1839	20 Jul 1796	13 Apr 1871	74
13 Apr 1871		2	Francis William Brady	22 Jul 1824	26 Aug 1909	85
26 Aug 1909		3	Robert Maziere Brady	13 Dec 1854	22 Sep 1909	54
22 Sep 1909 to     7 Apr 1927		4	William Longfield Brady Extinct on his death	16 Jul 1864	7 Apr 1927	62
BRAHAM of New Windsor, Berks
16 Apr 1662 to     Apr 1676	E	1	Richard Braham MP for Windsor 1641 and 1661‑1677 Extinct on his death	c 1613	Apr 1676
BRAIN of Reading, Berks
29 Jun 1954	UK	1	Walter Russell Brain He was subsequently created Baron Brain in 1962 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	23 Oct 1895	29 Dec 1966	71
BRAITHWAITE of Poston, Hereford
18 Dec 1802	UK	1	John Braithwaite	3 Feb 1739	Aug 1803	64
Aug 1803 to     9 Mar 1809		2	George Charles Boughton Extinct on his death	3 Dec 1762	9 Mar 1809	46
BRAITHWAITE of Burnham, Somerset
28 Jan 1954 to     25 Jun 1958	UK	1	Joseph Gurney Braithwaite MP for Hillsborough 1931‑1935, Holderness 1939‑1950 and Bristol North West 1950‑1955 Extinct on his death	24 May 1895	25 Jun 1958	63
BRAMHALL of Rathmullen, Meath
31 May 1662 to     1667	I	1	Thomas Bramhall Extinct on his death		1667
BRAMWELL of Hyde Park Gate, London
25 Jan 1889 to     30 Nov 1903	UK	1	Frederick Joseph Bramwell Extinct on his death	7 Mar 1818	30 Nov 1903	85
BRASSEY of Apethorpe, Northants
29 Nov 1922	UK	1	Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey He was subsequently created Baron Brassey of Apethorpe in 1938 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	7 Mar 1870	22 Oct 1958	88
BRENTON of London
24 Dec 1812	UK	1	Jahleel Brenton	22 Aug 1770	3 Apr 1844	73
3 Apr 1844 to     13 Jun 1862		2	Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton Extinct on his death	16 Feb 1807	13 Jun 1862	55
BRERETON of Hanford, Cheshire
10 Mar 1627	E	1	William Brereton MP for Cheshire 1628‑1629	1604	7 Apr 1661	56
7 Apr 1661 to     7 Jan 1674		2	Thomas Brereton Extinct on his death	1632	7 Jan 1674	41
BRICKWOOD of Portsmouth, Hants
29 Jun 1927	UK	1	Sir John Brickwood For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	23 Jun 1852	12 Feb 1932	79
12 Feb 1932		2	Rupert Redvers Brickwood	18 Feb 1900	29 Apr 1974	74
29 Apr 1974 to     16 May 2006		3	Basil Graeme Brickwood Extinct on his death	21 May 1923	16 May 2006	82
BRIDGEMAN of Great Lever, Lancs
7 Jun 1660	E	1	Orlando Bridgeman MP for Wigan 1640‑1642; Lord Keeper 1667‑1672	30 Jan 1609	25 Jun 1674	65
25 Jun 1674		2	John Bridgeman	16 Aug 1631	24 Aug 1710	79
24 Aug 1710		3	John Bridgeman	9 Aug 1667	21 Jul 1747	79
21 Jul 1747		4	Orlando Bridgeman MP for Shrewsbury 1723‑1727	2 Jul 1695	25 Jul 1764	69
25 Jul 1764		5	Henry Bridgeman He was subsequently created Baron Bradford in 1794. The 2nd Baron was created Earl of Bradford in 1815 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	7 Sep 1725	5 Jun 1800	74
BRIDGEMAN of Ridley, Cheshire
12 Nov 1673	E	1	Orlando Bridgeman MP for Horsham 1669‑1679	9 Dec 1649	20 Apr 1701	51
20 Apr 1701		2	Orlando Bridgeman MP for Coventry 1707‑1710, Calne 1715‑1722, Lostwithiel 1724‑1727, Bletchingley 1727‑1734 and Dunwich 1734‑1738 For further information about the supposed death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	27 Apr 1678	5 Dec 1746	68
c Jun 1738 to     c Dec 1740		3	Francis Bridgeman Extinct on his death	Aug 1713	c Dec 1740	27
BRIDGES of Goodnestone, Kent
19 Apr 1718	GB	1	Brook Bridges	12 Aug 1679	16 Mar 1728	48
16 Mar 1728		2	Brook Bridges	12 Mar 1709	23 May 1733	24
17 Sep 1733		3	Brook Bridges MP for Kent 1763‑1774	17 Sep 1733	4 Sep 1791	57
4 Sep 1791		4	Brook William Bridges	22 Jun 1767	21 Apr 1829	61
21 Apr 1829		5	Brook William Bridges MP for Kent East 1852 and 1857‑1868 He was created Baron Fitzwalter of Woodham Walter in 1868	2 Jun 1801	6 Dec 1875	74
6 Dec 1875		6	Brook George Bridges	12 Oct 1802	1 Apr 1890	87
1 Apr 1890		7	Thomas Pym Bridges	22 Oct 1805	28 Feb 1895	89
28 Feb 1895 to     27 Nov 1899		8	George Talbot Bridges Extinct on his death	10 May 1818	27 Nov 1899	81
BRIGGS of Haughton, Salop
12 Aug 1641	E	1	Morton Briggs	c 1587	c 1650
c 1650		2	Humphrey Briggs	c 1615	21 May 1691
May 1691		3	Humphrey Briggs	c 1650	31 Jan 1700
31 Jan 1700		4	Humphrey Briggs MP for Shropshire 1701, Bridgnorth 1702‑1710 and Wenlock 1716‑1727	c 1670	8 Dec 1734
8 Dec 1734 to     27 Oct 1767		5	Hugh Briggs Extinct on his death	c 1684	27 Oct 1767
BRIGGS of Briggs Dayrell, Barbados
27 Nov 1871 to     11 Oct 1887	UK	1	Thomas Graham Briggs Extinct on his death	30 Sep 1833	11 Oct 1887	54
BRIGHT of Badsworth, Yorks
16 Jul 1660 to     13 Oct 1688	E	1	John Bright Extinct on his death	14 Oct 1619	13 Oct 1688	68
BRINCKMAN of Burton, Yorks
30 Sep 1831	UK	1	Theodore Henry Lavington Broadhead (Brinckman from Jul 1842) MP for Yarmouth 1821‑1826 The notice in the London Gazette [issue 3999, page 253] recording the creation of this baronetcy shows it as being "of Burton, or Monk-Bretton, in the county of York". The Official Roll of the Baronetage shows it as "of Burton" whereas Burke's shows it as "of Monk Bretton"	17 Jan 1798	9 Feb 1880	82
9 Feb 1880		2	Theodore Henry Brinckman MP for Canterbury 1868‑1874	12 Sep 1830	7 May 1905	74
7 May 1905		3	Theodore Francis Brinckman For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	26 May 1862	8 Sep 1937	75
8 Sep 1937		4	Theodore Ernest Warren Brinckman	21 May 1898	26 Jul 1954	56
26 Jul 1954		5	Roderick Napoleon Brinckman	27 Dec 1902	16 Apr 1985	82
16 Apr 1985		6	Theodore George Roderick Brinckman	20 Mar 1932	26 Jul 2020	88
26 Jul 2020		7	(Roderick) Nicholas Brinckman	16 Sep 1964
BRISBANE of Brisbane, Ayr
1836 to     27 Jan 1860	UK	1	Thomas Makdougall Brisbane Governor of New South Wales 1821‑1825 Extinct on his death	23 Jul 1773	27 Jan 1860	86
BRISCO of Crofton Place, Cumberland
11 Jul 1782	GB	1	John Brisco	15 May 1739	27 Dec 1805	66
27 Dec 1805		2	Walter Brisco	17 May 1778	1 Oct 1862	84
1 Oct 1862		3	Robert Brisco	17 Sep 1808	23 Dec 1884	76
23 Dec 1884		4	Musgrave Horton Brisco	11 Aug 1853	19 Dec 1909	56
19 Dec 1909		5	Hylton Ralph Brisco For further information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	24 Sep 1871	29 Jan 1922	50
29 Jan 1922		6	Aubrey Hilton Brisco	11 Dec 1873	16 Jun 1957	83
16 Jun 1957		7	Hylton Musgrave Campbell Brisco	5 Dec 1886	8 Jan 1968	81
8 Jan 1968		8	Donald Gilfrid Brisco	15 Sep 1920	24 Jun 1995	74
24 Jun 1995		9	Campbell Howard Brisco	11 Dec 1944
BRISCOE of Bourn Hall, Cambs
12 Jul 1910	UK	1	John James Briscoe	6 Dec 1836	1 May 1919	82
1 May 1919		2	Alfred Leigh Briscoe	26 Apr 1870	13 May 1921	51
13 May 1921		3	John Charlton Briscoe	Apr 1874	28 Feb 1960	85
28 Feb 1960		4	John Leigh Charlton Briscoe	3 Dec 1911	7 Feb 1993	81
7 Feb 1993		5	John James Briscoe For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	15 Jul 1951	3 Jul 1994	42
4 Nov 1994		6	John Geoffrey James Briscoe	4 Nov 1994
BRISE of Spains, Essex
31 Jan 1935	UK		See "Ruggles-Brise"
BROADBENT of Longwood, Yorks and Brook Street
10 Aug 1893	UK	1	William Henry Broadbent	23 Jan 1835	10 Jul 1907	72
10 Jul 1907		2	John Broadbent	16 Oct 1865	27 Jan 1946	80
27 Jan 1946		3	William Francis Broadbent	29 Nov 1904	29 Mar 1987	82
29 Mar 1987		4	George Walter Broadbent	23 Apr 1935	20 May 1992	57
20 May 1992		5	Andrew George Broadbent	26 Jan 1963
BROADBRIDGE of Wargrave Place, Berks
22 Nov 1937	UK	1	Sir George Thomas Broadbridge He was subsequently created Baron Broadbridge in 1945 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	13 Feb 1869	17 Apr 1952	83
BROADHEAD of Burton, Yorks
30 Sep 1831	UK		See "Brinckman"
BROADHURST of Manchester, Lancs
4 Feb 1918 to     2 Feb 1922	UK	1	Edward Tootal Broadhurst Extinct on his death	19 Aug 1858	2 Feb 1922	63
BROCKLEBANK of Greenlands, Cumberland and Springwood, Lancs
22 Jul 1885	UK	1	Thomas Brocklebank	1814	8 Jun 1906	91
8 Jun 1906		2	Thomas Brocklebank	1 Mar 1848	12 Jan 1911	62
12 Jan 1911		3	Aubrey Brocklebank	12 Jul 1873	19 Apr 1929	55
19 Apr 1929		4	Thomas Aubrey Lawies Brocklebank	23 Oct 1899	15 Sep 1953	53
15 Sep 1953		5	John Montague Brocklebank	3 Sep 1915	13 Sep 1974	59
13 Sep 1974		6	Aubrey Thomas Brocklebank	29 Jan 1952
BROCKLEHURST of Swythamley Park, Staffs and Stanhope Terrace, Hyde Park, London
27 Aug 1903	UK	1	Philip Lancaster Brocklehurst	12 Oct 1827	10 May 1904	76
10 May 1904		2	Philip Lee Brocklehurst	7 Mar 1887	28 Jan 1975	87
28 Jan 1975 to     9 May 1981		3	John Ogilvy Brocklehurst Extinct on his death	6 Apr 1926	9 May 1981	55
BRODIE of Boxford, Suffolk
30 Aug 1834	UK	1	Benjamin Collins Brodie	9 Jun 1783	19 Oct 1862	79
19 Oct 1862		2	Benjamin Collins Brodie	5 Feb 1817	24 Nov 1880	63
24 Nov 1880		3	Benjamin Vincent Sellon Brodie	19 Jun 1862	20 Jan 1938	75
20 Jan 1938		4	Benjamin Collins Brodie	6 Mar 1888	2 Aug 1971	83
2 Aug 1971		5	Benjamin David Ross Brodie	29 May 1925	1 Jan 2021	95
1 Jan 2021		6	Alan Ross Brodie	7 Jul 1960
BRODIE of Idvies, Forfar
28 Mar 1892 to     6 Sep 1896	UK	1	Thomas Dawson Brodie Extinct on his death	26 Dec 1832	6 Sep 1896	63
BROGRAVE of Hamells, Herts
18 Mar 1663	E	1	Thomas Brograve		4 Jun 1670
Jun 1670		2	John Brograve	31 Mar 1664	11 Jul 1691	27
Jul 1691 to     6 Jul 1707		3	Thomas Brograve Extinct on his death	25 Mar 1670	6 Jul 1707	37
BROGRAVE of Worstead House, Norfolk
28 Jul 1791	GB	1	Berney Brograve	10 Oct 1726	c 1797
c 1797 to     1 Jun 1828		2	George Berney Brograve Extinct on his death	4 Feb 1772	1 Jun 1828	56
BROKE of Nacton, Suffolk
21 May 1661 to     25 Feb 1694	E	1	Robert Broke MP for Suffolk 1685‑1687 Extinct on his death	c 1630	25 Feb 1694
BROKE-MIDDLETON of Broke Hall, Suffolk
2 Nov 1813	UK	1	Philip Bowes Vere Broke	8 Sep 1776	2 Jan 1841	64
2 Jan 1841		2	Philip Broke	15 Jan 1804	24 Feb 1855	51
24 Feb 1855 to     14 Jan 1887		3	George Nathaniel Broke (Broke‑Middleton from 1860) Extinct on his death	26 Apr 1812	14 Jan 1887	74
BROMFIELD of Southwark, Surrey
20 Mar 1661	E	1	John Bromfield	c 1610	c 1666
c 1666		2	Edward Bromfield	c 1631	17 Feb 1704
17 Feb 1704 to     6 Sep 1733		3	Charles Bromfield On his death the baronetcy became either extinct or dormant	c 1672	6 Sep 1733
BROMHEAD of Thurlby Hall, Lincs
19 Feb 1806	UK	1	Gonville Bromhead	20 Sep 1758	18 May 1822	63
18 May 1822		2	Edward ffrench Bromhead	26 Mar 1789	14 Mar 1855	65
14 Mar 1855		3	Edmund de Gonville Bromhead	22 Jan 1791	25 Oct 1870	79
25 Oct 1870		4	Benjamin Parnell Bromhead For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	22 Oct 1838	31 Jul 1935	96
31 Jul 1935		5	Benjamin Denis Gonville Bromhead	7 May 1900	18 Mar 1981	80
18 Mar 1981		6	John Desmond Gonville Bromhead	21 Dec 1943
BROMLEY of East Stoke, Notts
31 Oct 1757	GB	1	George Smith	c 1714	5 Sep 1769
5 Sep 1769		2	George Smith (Bromley from 1778 to 1803 and Pauncefote-Bromley 1803 to 1808)	18 Aug 1753	17 Aug 1808	54
17 Aug 1808		3	Robert Howe Bromley	28 Nov 1778	8 Jul 1857	78
8 Jul 1857		4	Henry Bromley	6 Dec 1816	21 Sep 1895	78
21 Sep 1895		5	Henry Bromley	6 Aug 1849	11 Mar 1905	55
11 Mar 1905		6	Robert Bromley	4 Jan 1874	13 May 1906	32
13 May 1906		7	Maurice Bromley-Wilson	27 Jun 1875	7 Nov 1957	82
7 Nov 1957		8	Sir Arthur Bromley	8 Aug 1876	12 Jan 1961	84
12 Jan 1961		9	Rupert Howe Bromley	31 Dec 1910	13 Jun 1966	55
13 Jun 1966		10	Rupert Charles Bromley	2 Apr 1936	23 May 2018	82
23 May 2018		11	Charles Howard Bromley	31 Jul 1963
BROOKE of Norton Priory, Cheshire
12 Dec 1662	E	1	Henry Brooke MP for Cheshire 1654-1656	c 1611	1664
1664		2	Richard Brooke	c 1635	Feb 1710
Feb 1710		3	Thomas Brooke	c 1664	1737
1737		4	Richard Brooke	c 1719	6 Jul 1781
6 Jul 1781		5	Richard Brooke	c 1753	6 Mar 1795
6 Mar 1795		6	Richard Brooke	18 Aug 1785	11 Nov 1865	80
11 Nov 1865		7	Richard Brooke	13 Dec 1814	3 Mar 1888	73
3 Mar 1888		8	Richard Marcus Brooke	26 Oct 1850	9 Oct 1920	69
9 Oct 1920		9	Richard Christopher Brooke	8 Aug 1888	1 Feb 1981	92
1 Feb 1981		10	Richard Neville Brooke	1 May 1915	9 Dec 1997	82
9 Dec 1997		11	Richard David Christopher Brooke	23 Oct 1938	24 Oct 2012	74
24 Oct 2012		12	Richard Christopher Brooke	10 Jul 1966
BROOKE of Colebrooke, co. Fermanagh
3 Jan 1764 to     7 Mar 1785	I	1	Arthur Brooke MP [I] for Fermanagh County 1761‑1783 and Maryborough 1783‑1785; PC [I] 1770 Extinct on his death	1726	7 Mar 1785	58
BROOKE of Oakley, Northants
20 Jun 1803	UK		See "De Capell-Brooke"
BROOKE of Colebrooke, co. Fermanagh
7 Jan 1822	UK	1	Henry Brooke	30 May 1770	24 Mar 1834	63
24 Mar 1834		2	Arthur Brinsley Brooke MP for Fermanagh 1840‑1854	1797	21 Nov 1854	57
21 Nov 1854		3	Victor Alexander Brooke	5 Jan 1843	27 Nov 1891	48
27 Nov 1891		4	Arthur Douglas Brooke	7 Oct 1865	27 Nov 1907	42
27 Nov 1907		5	Basil Stanlake Brooke He was subsequently created Viscount Brookeborough in 1952 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	9 Jun 1888	18 Aug 1973	85
BROOKE of Armitage Bridge, Yorks
4 Aug 1899 to     16 Jul 1908	UK	1	Thomas Brooke Extinct on his death	31 May 1830	16 Jul 1908	78
BROOKE of Summerton, co. Dublin
12 Oct 1903	UK	1	George Frederick Brooke	13 Aug 1849	21 Aug 1926	77
21 Aug 1926		2	Francis Hugh Brooke	10 Nov 1882	4 Nov 1954	71
4 Nov 1954		3	George Cecil Francis Brooke	30 Mar 1916	27 Dec 1982	66
27 Dec 1982		4	Francis George Windham Brooke	15 Oct 1963
BROOKE of Almondbury, Yorks
13 Sep 1919	UK	1	John Arthur Brooke	22 Mar 1844	12 Jul 1920	76
12 Jul 1920		2	Robert Weston Brooke	10 Aug 1885	24 Aug 1942	57
24 Aug 1942		3	John Weston Brooke	26 Sep 1911	19 Jul 1983	71
19 Jul 1983		4	Alistair Weston Brooke	12 Sep 1947
BROOKE-PECHELL of Paglesham, Essex
1 Mar 1797	GB		See "Pechell"
BROOKES of York, Yorks
15 Jun 1676	E	1	John Brookes MP for Boroughbridge 1679‑1681	c 1635	18 Nov 1691
18 Nov 1691		2	James Brookes	c 1675	28 Aug 1742
28 Aug 1742 to     26 Jan 1770		3	Job Brookes Extinct on his death		26 Jan 1770
BROOKS of Manchester, Lancs
4 Mar 1886 to     9 Jun 1900	UK	1	William Cunliffe Brooks MP for Cheshire East 1869‑1885 and Altrincham 1886‑1892 For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page Extinct on his death	30 Sep 1819	9 Jun 1900	80
BROOKS of Crawshaw Hall, Lancs and Whatton House, Leics
9 Feb 1891	UK	1	Thomas Brooks He was subsequently created Baron Crawshaw in 1892 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	15 May 1825	5 Feb 1908	82
BROOKSBANK of Healaugh Manor, Yorks
15 Sep 1919	UK	1	Edward Clitherow Brooksbank	24 Nov 1858	24 Nov 1943	85
24 Nov 1943		2	Edward William Brooksbank	15 Jun 1915	28 Mar 1983	67
28 Mar 1983		3	Edward Nicholas Brooksbank	4 Oct 1944
BROTHERTON of Wakefield, Yorks
27 Jun 1918	UK	1	Edward Allen Brotherton He was subsequently created Baron Brotherton in 1929 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1930	1 Apr 1856	21 Oct 1930	74
BROUGHTON of Broughton, Staffs
10 Mar 1661	E	1	Bryan Broughton	23 May 1618	30 Jul 1708	90
30 Jul 1708		2	Thomas Broughton	c 1648	c 1710
c 1710		3	Bryan Broughton MP for Newcastle under Lyme 1715‑1724	19 Sep 1677	12 Sep 1724	46
12 Sep 1724		4	Bryan Broughton (Broughton-Delves from 1727) MP for Wenlock 1741‑1744	6 Jan 1718	11 Aug 1744	26
11 Aug 1744		5	Bryan Broughton-Delves	Apr 1740	16 Jan 1766	25
16 Jan 1766		6	Thomas Broughton	c 1744	23 Jul 1813
23 Jul 1813		7	John Delves Broughton	17 Aug 1769	9 Aug 1847	77
9 Aug 1847		8	Henry Delves Broughton	10 Jan 1777	3 Nov 1851	74
3 Nov 1851		9	Henry Delves Broughton For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	22 Jun 1808	26 Feb 1899	90
26 Feb 1899		10	Delves Louis Broughton	1 Jun 1857	15 Apr 1914	56
15 Apr 1914		11	Henry John Delves Broughton	10 Sep 1888	5 Dec 1942	54
5 Dec 1942		12	Evelyn Delves Broughton For information on the death of this baronet's son and heir, see the note at the foot of this page	2 Oct 1915	5 Jan 1993	77
5 Jan 1993		13	David Delves Broughton	7 May 1942	13 May 2021	79
13 May 2021		14	Geoffrey Delves Broughton	7 Aug 1962
BROUN of Colstoun, Haddington
For information on the "Colstoun Pear", see the note at the foot of this page
16 Feb 1686	NS	1	Patrick Broun	c 1630	1688
1688		2	George Broun		1718
1718		3	George Broun		1734
1734		4	Alexander Broun		1750
1750		5	Alexander Broun		1776
1776		6	Richard Broun		13 Dec 1781
13 Dec 1781		7	James Broun	12 Mar 1768	30 Nov 1844	76
30 Nov 1844		8	Richard Broun For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	22 Apr 1801	10 Dec 1858	57
10 Dec 1858		9	William Broun	Jul 1804	10 Jun 1882	77
10 Jun 1882		10	William Broun	18 Dec 1848	23 Oct 1918	69
23 Oct 1918		11	James Lionel Broun	1875	8 Aug 1962	87
8 Aug 1962		12	Lionel John Law Broun	25 Apr 1927	10 Aug 1995	68
10 Aug 1995		13	William Windsor Broun	11 Jul 1917	17 Mar 2007	89
17 Mar 2007		14	Wayne Hercules Broun	23 Jan 1952
BROWN of Barbados, West Indies
17 Feb 1664 to     c 1670	NS	1	James Brown Extinct on his death		c 1670
BROWN of London
14 Dec 1699	E	1	William Brown		c 1720
c 1720		2	John Brown		c 1738
c 1738 to     c 1760		3	----------- Brown Presumably extinct on his death		c 1760
BROWN of Edinburgh, Midlothian
24 Feb 1710 to     1720	GB	1	Robert Brown Presumably extinct on his death		1720
BROWN of Westminster, London
11 Mar 1732	GB	1	Robert Brown MP for Ilchester 1734‑1747		5 Oct 1760
5 Oct 1760		2	James O'Hara Brown	c 1721	21 Apr 1784
21 Apr 1784 to     20 Oct 1830		3	William Augustus Brown Extinct on his death For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	23 May 1764	20 Oct 1830	66
BROWN of Richmond Hill, Lancs
24 Jan 1863	UK	1	William Brown MP for Lancashire South 1846‑1859	30 May 1784	3 Mar 1864	79
3 Mar 1864		2	William Richmond Brown	16 Jan 1840	10 May 1906	66
10 May 1906		3	Melville Richmond Brown	13 Oct 1866	20 Feb 1944	77
20 Feb 1944		4	Charles Frederick Richmond Brown	6 Dec 1902	9 Jul 1995	92
9 Jul 1995		5	George Francis Richmond Brown	3 Feb 1938
BROWN of Broome Hall, Surrey
5 Jan 1903	UK		See "Pigott-Brown"
BROWNE of Walcot, Northants
21 Sep 1621	E	1	Robert Browne		c 1624
c 1624		2	Thomas Browne		16 Apr 1635
16 Apr 1635 to     c 1662		3	Robert Browne Extinct on his death		c 1662
BROWNE of Molahiffe, Kerry
16 Feb 1622	I	1	Valentine Browne		7 Sep 1633
7 Sep 1633		2	Valentine Browne		25 Apr 1640
25 Apr 1640		3	Valentine Browne	1638	1694
1694		4	Nicholas Browne		Apr 1720
Apr 1720		5	Valentine Browne	1695	30 Jun 1736	40
30 Jun 1736		6	Thomas Browne	1726	9 Sep 1795	69
9 Sep 1795		7	Valentine Browne He was subsequently created Viscount Kenmare in 1798 and Earl of Kenmare in 1801 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1952	Jan 1754	3 Oct 1812	58
BROWNE of Kishack, Dublin
30 Mar 1622	I	1	Richard Browne		1642
1642		2	Silvester Browne		8 May 1657
8 May 1657 to     c 1682		3	Richard Browne Presumably extinct on his death		c 1682
BROWNE of Bettesworth (now Betchworth) Castle, Surrey
7 Jul 1627	E	1	Ambrose Browne MP for Surrey 1628‑1629, 1640 and 1640‑1648		16 Aug 1661
16 Aug 1661 to     3 Nov 1690		2	Adam Browne MP for Surrey 1661‑1679 and 1685‑1687 Extinct on his death	c 1626	3 Nov 1690
BROWNE of The Neale, co. Mayo
21 Jun 1636	NS	1	John Browne		1670
1670		2	George Browne		May 1698
May 1698		3	John Browne		c 1712
c 1712		4	George Browne MP [I] for Castlebar 1713‑1714	c 1684	8 May 1737
8 May 1737		5	John Browne		2 Oct 1762
2 Oct 1762		6	George Browne	c 1725	9 Sep 1765
9 Sep 1765		7	John Browne He was subsequently created Baron Kilmaine in 1789 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	1730	7 Jun 1794	63
BROWNE of Stanford, Northants
30 Jun 1641	E		See "Cave-Browne-Cave"
BROWNE of Deptford, Kent
1 Sep 1649 to     12 Feb 1683	E	1	Richard Browne Extinct on his death	c 1605	12 Feb 1683
BROWNE of Kiddington, Oxon
1 Jul 1659	E	1	Henry Browne	c 1639	early 1689
early 1689		2	Charles Browne	c 1667	20 Dec 1751
20 Dec 1751 to     20 Jun 1754		3	George Browne Extinct on his death	c 1694	20 Jun 1754
BROWNE of London
22 Jul 1660	E	1	Richard Browne MP for Wycombe 1645‑1648, London 1656‑1658, 1659 and 1660, and Ludgershall 1661‑1669		24 Sep 1669
24 Sep 1669		2	Richard Browne MP for Wycombe 1660	c 1628	23 Sep 1684
Sep 1684		3	Richard Browne	c 1656	1689
1689		4	John Browne		1701
1701 to     c Jul 1739		5	Thomas Browne On his death the baronetcy became either extinct or dormant	by 1680	c Jul 1739
BROWNE of Caversham, Oxon
10 May 1665	E	1	John Browne	c 1631	c 1680
c 1680		2	Anthony Browne		23 Dec 1688
23 Dec 1688		3	John Browne		c 1692
c 1692		4	George Browne		20 Feb 1730
20 Feb 1730 to     21 Jan 1775		5	John Browne Extinct on his death		21 Jan 1775
BROWNE of Palmerston, Ireland
8 Dec 1797	I	1	John Edmond Browne	1 Oct 1748	5 Sep 1835	86
5 Sep 1835		2	John Edmund de Beauvoir MP for Windsor 1835	10 Dec 1794	29 Apr 1869	74
29 Apr 1869 to     5 Sep 1890		3	Charles Manley Browne Extinct on his death	1 Mar 1806	5 Sep 1890	84

	The ghost of Burton Agnes Hall, home of the Boynton baronets
	Burton Agnes Hall, an Elizabethan manor house in the East Riding of Yorkshire, was built by Sir Henry Griffith around 1610. From him it descended to Frances Griffith, who married Sir Matthew Boynton, 1st baronet. On the death of the 11th Boynton baronet in 1899, the house passed to his daughter, who had married Thomas Wickham and who adopted the additional name of Boynton, and thence to her son Marcus Wickham Boynton. On his death in 1989, he willed the estate to Simon Cunliffe-Lister, son of the Earl of Swinton. At present the house is owned by the Burton Agnes Preservation Trust.
	The house is famous for its ghost. The following account is taken from the Hall's website:-
	The ghost of Katherine (Anne) Griffith, who died at Burton Agnes Hall in 1620, is reputed to have haunted the Queen's State Bedroom. Anne Griffith was the youngest of the three sisters whose portrait hangs in the Inner Hall, daughters of Sir Henry Griffith who built the Hall. The story is that Anne had watched the building of the new house and could talk and think of nothing else; it was to be the most beautiful house ever built. When it was almost finished Anne went one afternoon to visit the St. Quintons at Harpham about a mile away, but near St. John's Well was attacked and robbed by ruffians. She was brought home to Burton Agnes but was so badly hurt that she died a few days afterwards.
	Sometimes delirious, sometimes sensible, she told her sisters that she could never rest unless part of her could remain in 'our beautiful home as long as it shall last'. She made them promise that when she was dead her head should be severed and preserved in the Hall forever, and to pacify her, her sisters agreed. However when Anne died, she was buried in the churchyard.
	Then the ghost walked and scared the life out of everybody. Remembering Anne's dying words, the sisters took counsel with the vicar and eventually agreed that the grave should be opened. The skull was brought into the house and so long as it was undisturbed, the Hall was peaceful and untroubled. Many attempts have been made to get rid of it. Once it was thrown away, another time it was buried in the garden, but always the ghost walked with tremendous noise and upheaval. The skull is still in the house, built into one of the old walls, probably in the Great Hall. Nobody knows for sure just where it is but now she can watch over 'her beautiful home'.
	This version of the story of the ghost appeared in the Lismore Northern Star of 10 November 1913:-
	A strange ghost story is told concerning Burton Agnes Hall, a grand old place near Bridlington, and the ancestral seat of the Boyntons. Burton Agnes, on the death of the late baronet, Sir Henry, in 1899, passed to his only daughter, now Mrs. Wickham-Boynton. Years ago the estate was inherited by three sisters who, being wealthy, decided to rebuild their own home. Inigo Jones, it is said, was the architect, and Rubens is reported to have assisted with the decorations. An absorbing interest was taken in the building by the youngest sister, Anne Griffith, but one day she was brutally assaulted by a tramp, and subsequently died. She made her sisters promise that her head should be removed at her death and kept in the house. They forgot to do as she had wished, with the result that the most appalling noises were heard in the house. In their perplexity the two sisters consulted the vicar, telling him of their sister's dying request. He agreed that it ought to be carried out, so the body was unearthed, and the head removed to the house. The noises at once ceased. Various generations from time to time tried to get rid of the head, but always the hideous noises recommenced, and continued until the gruesome relic was brought back. At last Sir Henry Boynton had the head cemented in the wall of the great hall, behind a beautifully carved screen, and the haunting and manifestations have, it is said, entirely ceased.
	There are any number of variations of the story. In one of these, one of the maids, who did not believe the story of the skull, is said to have wrapped it up in a cloth, and then thrown it into the back of a passing wagon. The wagon immediately stopped, and, no matter how hard they were urged, the horses were unable to move the wagon an inch, and the wagon remained still until the skull was restored.
	Sir Edward Montagu Andrew Bradford, 3rd baronet [UK 1902]
	The Times of 2 April 1952:-
	Major Sir Edward Bradford was fatally injured yesterday when thrown from his horse at the Dumfriesshire Hunt point-to-point races at Lockerbie. He died almost immediately.
	Major Sir Edward Bradford, who was 41, had been stationed with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) at Winston Barracks, Lanark. He hunted regularly with the Dumfriesshire and was well-known as a point-to-point rider.
	Sir John Ridley Evelyn Bradford, 4th baronet
	The following report appeared in The Manchester Guardian on 28 December 1954:-
	A verdict of accidental death was recorded by the Mid-Oxfordshire coroner, Mr. Harold Franklin, at an inquest on Friday on Sir John Ridley Evelyn Bradford, aged 13, who was killed on Thursday when the tractor he was driving overturned at his home, Marylands Farm, Chislehampton. The coroner said that he accepted the fact that the boy was bounced off his seat or otherwise lost control of the machine.
	Several witnesses said that he was a highly competent tractor driver, and his mother, Mrs. Alison Davies, said he could manage the tractor better than her husband or their man. When she returned from the village shop she saw the tractor lying in a ditch with her son beneath it. She thought it must have bounced on ground which was rather rough. He must have lost his balance and put his foot on the wrong brake.
	Dr. R.H. Cowdell, assistant pathologist at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, said that the boy broke his neck and death must have happened instantly.
	Dr. J.O.F. Davies, the boy's stepfather and senior administrative medical officer of the Oxford Regional Hospital Board, said: "I saw him drive a tractor countless times. He was better than any of us."
	Sir John Brickwood, 1st baronet
	Sir John was the son of Harry Brickwood, a Portsmouth brewer. He carried on his father's business and retained the posts of Chairman and Managing Director until his death in 1932. He was knighted in 1904 and created a baronet in the 1927 Birthday Honours. He married three times - (1) on 10 January 1881 to Eliza, daughter of William Miller, by whom he had a daughter, of whom more later. His first wife died 27 February 1889; (2) on 30 September 1893 to Jessie Eliza, daughter of John Cooper, by whom he had two sons, Arthur Cyril, who died 15 April 1915, and Rupert Redvers, who succeeded him as 2nd baronet. His second wife died 17 April 1917; and (3) on 8 January 1922, to Isabella Janet Gibson, daughter of James Gordon. She survived him and died in 1967.
	Although not mentioned in Burke's Peerage, I understand that, by his third wife, he had four sons, of which the three eldest were born before their marriage, thus rendering them illegitimate and unable to succeed to the baronetcy. On the death of his half-brother, the 2nd baronet, in 1974, the baronetcy passed to Sir Basil Graeme Brickwood, the youngest of Sir John's four sons by his third marriage, who was the only one of the sons of Sir John and Isabella who had been born after their marriage.
	The 1st baronet's daughter mentioned above married, on 2 February 1907, Franz Wachendorff, who was described as a "Forest Master". She, together with her 11-year-old son, Hans, were drowned in the River Elbe on 7 July 1923.
	Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd baronet
	Modern scholarship appears to suggest that Sir Orlando Bridgeman (the 2nd Baronet) faked his death in an attempt to avoid his creditors.
	In the mid 1730s, Bridgeman had begun to build a new house at Bowood Park, near Calne in Wiltshire. As a result, he appears to have gone deeply into debt, to the extent that proceedings were commenced against him in the Chancery Courts in 1737.
	Bridgeman had previously held office as Clerk of the household of the Prince of Wales between 1716 and 1727 and had been a Lord of Trade between 1727 and 1737. It is probably therefore reasonable to assume that, via the influence of friends at Court, he was appointed Governor of Barbados in 1737 in an effort to improve his financial position and possibly also to remove him from the reach of his creditors.
	However, he never proceeded to Barbados. Instead, he disappeared. He left his clothes by the side of the Thames and wrote farewell letters to his family and also to King George II. Some weeks later, on 10 June 1738, a body "supposed to be him, though under water", was found in the river at Limehouse. John Stonehouse, the British MP who "disappeared" from a Miami beach in 1974 appears to have taken a leaf from Bridgeman's book.
	In the diary of John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont under 30 Oct 1738 (published by the Historical Manuscripts Commission in 1923) there is the following entry:-
	Sir Orlando Bridgeman who, instead of going to his government of Barbados conferred on his last winter, made his escape (as he hoped) from the world, to avoid his creditors, by pretending to make himself away, and accordingly gave it out that he had drowned himself, was ferreted out of his hole by the reward advertised for whoever should discover him, and seized in an inn at Slough, where he had ever since concealed himself.
	According to the Gentleman's Magazine (p. 668 for 1746) Bridgeman apparently died in Gloucester gaol and was buried 5 Dec 1746 (as opposed to 1745 as mentioned in Cokayne) in St Nicholas's, Gloucester.
	If indeed Sir Orlando did survive until 1745 or 1746, then his son Francis did not succeed to the baronetcy and the baronetcy became extinct in 1745 or 1746, not circa Dec 1740 as shown above.
	Sir Theodore Francis Brinckman, 3rd baronet
	Whenever I attend a wedding, I always heave a quiet sigh of relief when the minister's question as to whether anyone can show just cause as to why the wedding should not take place goes unanswered. I am therefore grateful that I did not attend the wedding of Theodore Brinkman and his second wife on 27 April 1895, which was reported in The Times of 29 April 1895 as follows:-
	On Saturday the marriage of Mr. Theodore Brinckman, son of Sir Theodore Brinckman, with Miss Linton, the stepdaughter of Lord Aylesford, at St. Mark's Church, North Audley Street, was made the occasion of a series of remarkable interruptions. The marriage was announced some months ago to take place on Saturday, and on this being made known to certain members of the English Church Union it was decided that an attempt should be made to stop the ceremony. The ground of this action was based upon the fact that in July, 1894, Mrs. Brinckman filed a petition for divorce against her husband, which he did not defend, and the Divorce Court granted a decree nisi, which was not made absolute until January of the present year. Shortly afterwards the engagement of the respondent to Miss Linton was made public, and forthwith a number of well-known Churchmen petitioned the Bishop of London to stop the wedding from being held in a consecrated church. They based their objections on the undefended divorce suit, maintaining that the marriage should be legalised before a registrar in order that a serious offence should not be made against the law of the Church. To that petition and subsequent appeals the Bishop of London declined to reply, with the result that the objectors at a special meeting decided to enter a public protest against the marriage being solemnized in a consecrated church. On the doors of St. Mark's Church being opened on Saturday, a large number of members of the English Church Union entered the building, taking seats in the gallery, among them being the Duke of Newcastle, Father Black, and the Rev. H. Washington, of St. Saviour's, Pimlico. When the bridal party had taken their places before the Rev. Ker Gray at the chancel, Father Black rose and protested against the marriage of the parties. This declaration caused the greatest excitement among those present in the church, several cries of "Shame" and "Disgraceful" being raised. The Rev. Ker Gray, for the time ignoring the interruption, recited that portion of the marriage service which says "If any man can show just cause why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak or else hereafter forever hold his peace", Father Black then again rose, loudly exclaiming that he, as a clerk in holy orders, protested against the solemnization of the marriage, alluding to the fifth rubric of the service. By this time the commotion was intense, frequent expressions of sympathy with the unfortunate bride being raised. The Rev. Ker Gray turned angrily towards Father Black with the remark, "Sir, I am here by the Bishop's mandate, and I refuse to hear another word from you." The rev. gentleman then continued the marriage ceremony, but he had scarcely spoken ten words before Father Black rose and continued his protest. He was received with hisses and groans. During the reading of the document the Rev. Ker Gray had continued with the service. After entering the above protest Father Black and his party left the church amidst a remarkable demonstration of disapproval. Outside there was a strong body of police, but the protesting party were loudly hissed by the crowd that had left the church.
	Another, doubtless sensationalised, account has the bride fainting on the altar steps and police entering the church to forcibly remove the protestors. The bride was then revived and the ceremony brought to an end as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, the marriage ended in divorce in 1912. For further information regarding Sir Theodore's first wife, see the note under the baronetcy of Houston.
	Sir Hylton Ralph Brisco, 5th baronet
	Sir Hylton disappeared from a P & O liner somewhere near Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] in late January 1922. According to a report in the Manchester Guardian of 3 February 1922 "On the arrival of the P & O liner passengers, Sir Hylton Ralph Brisco, was missing. He had seemed quite cheerful on the journey to Bombay, but subsequently had remained in his cabin and was believed to be suffering from insomnia. When the steward took a cup of milk to his cabin a few hours before the vessel reached Colombo, he found Sir Hylton Brisco was missing. A search on board failed to reveal his whereabouts and it is feared that he has been drowned.
	In May 1922, the executors of Sir Hylton's will sought leave before the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court to presume Sir Hylton's death. The applicant stated in evidence that Sir Hylton had had trouble with his wife (they had divorced the previous year) and in January 1922 he had left London to travel to Sydney. On 30 January, when the liner was off Colombo, he was found to be missing. A search was made, but no trace of him could be found; his clothes were in his cabin and only his pyjamas were missing. It was thought that he had gone on deck and accidentally overbalanced and fallen into the sea. After hearing all of the evidence, the judge gave leave to presume Sir Hylton's death on or after 29 January 1922.
	Sir John James Briscoe, 5th baronet
	According to The Times of 4 July 1994 "Sir James Briscoe was killed in a crash in his 1903 Vauxhall yesterday. Sir James, 42, was taking part in a week-long car rally based at Malvern in Hereford and Worcester when his car and a recovery vehicle crashed head-on. The father of two, from Swainsthorpe, Norfolk, is thought to have died instantly."
	At the time of his death, his wife was pregnant. She gave birth to a son four months after her husband's death, and this son became the 6th baronet from the moment of his birth.
	Sir Benjamin Parnell Bromhead, 4th baronet
	Although Sir Benjamin Bromhead lost both arms in a single battle, he continued to command a Sikh regiment in India in the last years of the 19th century. On his death, The Times of 2 August 1935 contained the following obituary:-
	Colonel Sir Benjamin Parnell Bromhead, the oldest English baronet [the Scottish baronet, Sir Fitzroy Maclean, was 17 months older], died on Wednesday night at his home, Thurlby Hall, Lincolnshire, at the age of 96. He was the head of a family with a centuries long tradition of Army service. His inherited bravery made it almost impossible to restrain him in Service days from rushing into the thick of fighting in the Indian Frontier wars.
	The latter half of his long life was spent in a maimed condition which would have led most men of his ample means to give up every public interest and live in seclusion. In the Sikkim Expedition of 1888 he was desperately wounded, losing his right arm and the elbow joint of his left arm, and only escaping the loss of a leg as by a "miracle". Outstripping his Sikh sepoys, he was just in time to reach a pass before the enemy, who momentarily halted, until they saw that he was alone, and then they cut him down. His men came to the rescue only just in time. For this service he was made C.B.
	Born on October 22, 1838, he was the second of the fours soldier sons of Major Sir Edmund Bromhead (1791‑1870), who lost an eye at Waterloo, and grandson of Lieutenant-General Sir Gonville Bromhead, who was at Quebec with Wolfe. The baronetcy of the United Kingdom, of which Sir Benjamin was the fourth holder, dates from 1806, and the family has been established in Lincolnshire since the beginning of the twelfth century. A maternal ancestor of Sir Benjamin was Edmund Gonville, founder in 1348 of Gonville Hall, Cambridge, which on enlargement by Dr. John Caius in 1557 became Gonville and Caius College.
	Sir Benjamin's elder brother, Captain Edward Bromhead, died in Bombay a year before his father. The two younger brothers were both in The South Wales Borderers. Colonel C[harles] J[ames] Bromhead, C.B., who commanded the regiment, died in 1922. The youngest brother, Major Gonville Bromhead, who died when the regiment was in India in 1891, will be remembered for the valour which won him the V.C. at Rorke's Drift.
	When Sir Benjamin was gazetted to the 30th Foot at Delhi in January, 1859, the regiment, then consisting of 10 companies, was scattered in different parts of Delhi and its neighbourhood for the purposes of pacification after the Mutiny. After a few years he was transferred to the Indian Staff Corps, and had long service first with the 40th Bengal Native Infantry and then with the 32nd Sikh Pioneers, completing his military career in its command. He fought in the Afghan War of 1878‑1880 (being in both the Bazar Valley expeditions), in Egypt in 1882, and in several of the Indian frontier wars of his period. His last active service was in command of the 32nd Sikh Pioneers in the Hazara, or Black Mountain, expedition of 1891. His regiment was in support of the 4th Sikhs, a portion of whom were holding the village of Ghazikhot, on the Indus. This company was severely attacked one dark night by Hindustani fanatics, who rushed on them and killed many with their swords and daggers. Hearing sounds of fighting Bromhead ordered his men to fall in, and not waiting for the whole regiment to form up dashed on ahead with the leading company, supported the Sikhs, and saved them from extermination.
	After completing his regimental command Bromhead, on the recommendation of Lord Roberts, was appointed Governor of the Aitchison Chiefs' College at Lahore. Here he came in close contact with all the ruling chiefs and nobles of the Punjab, and advised them as to the bringing up and education of their boys. He inspired in all great confidence, respect, and affection, and no British officer of his time was better known among all classes of people in the Punjab. By the Sikhs he was held in special affection, speaking their language as he did very fluently. For years after giving up the command of the 32nd Sikh Pioneers he was regarded as the "Father of the Regiment", and to the very last was always spoken of by the old Indian officers and men as "the Colonel-Sahib". An element in the great influence over the Sikhs of his eminent son-in-law, Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood, was his relationship by marriage to this fine officer of the old school. Sir Benjamin retired from India early in 1897.
	Before losing his arms he was known as one of the best small-game shots in India, and there were few parts of Northern India and Kashmir where he had not penetrated after game of all kinds. As a younger man he would spend many happy days in the desert north of Bikanir with his two riding camels and one or two faithful Indian servants. His closing years were happily spent at his ancestral home, Thurlby Hall, near Lincoln. He retained his activity to the end, strolling in the grounds after breakfast and then taking long motoring drives. Two years ago he had his first air trip in a passenger-carrying machine at a display at Lincoln. His comment was that "it was not thrilling enough".
	Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st and only baronet
	On Sir William's death, the Weekly Irish Times of 30 June 1900 published the following, under the heading of An Eccentric Millionaire:-
	The death of Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, the great Manchester banker, has removed a notable figure on Deeside. The dead baronet of Glentana was perhaps the nearest approach to a Count of Monte Cristo in real life that we have had for many a day. The visitor to Aboyne district is often puzzled with the quaint inscriptions over roadside walls. If an apt quotation flashed through the baronet's mind at a particular spot he jotted it down, and presently he had a stone erected at the place bearing the inscription. His donations to objects in which he was interested were on a princely scale. His letters on such occasions were quaintly worded: they invariably ran - "Much pleasure have I in enclosing my cheque per £1,000". In correspondence he invariably used crayon pencils of different colours. Thus, when in good humour he employed green; when displeased he changed it to blue, and when really angry and obdurate he used a fiery red, so that sight of the address usually prepared his officials for the nature of the contents of the letter.
	Sir Henry Delves Broughton, 9th baronet
	The following article appeared in the New Zealand Bruce Herald on 30 May 1899:-
	Of the many thousands who cross and recross Waterloo Bridge, very few doubtless were aware that the two dismal-looking houses abutting upon the Surrey side of the river, and in close contiguity to the old shot tower, were tenanted by an old and wealthy but yet eccentric, baronet.
	It was in the garret of one of these houses - No. 2, Waterloo Road - that the late Sir Henry Delves Broughton died recently, at the advanced age of 91 years. Besides being one of the oldest, he was probably one of the most eccentric members of the baronetage. For years, it is said, he never crossed the threshold of the house in which he elected to live the life of a recluse. He passed his time almost exclusively in the room in which he was found dead. The cause of his death was senile decay. There was no one with him when he died, but a doctor had seen him the day before and during the few weeks previously, so that there was no necessity for an inquest.
	From the window of his garret the aged baronet was able to command an extensive view of the river and surrounding locality, but one of the things which seemed to afford him especial delight was to paper the walls over and over again with pictures cut from the various illustrated papers. A dressing gown was the chief article of attire.
	He lived frugally. His meals were served and placed outside his room at stated intervals. No servant, it is said, entered the room for years. He had a strong aversion to medical men, and any business had to be transacted with the baronet on one side and his interrogator on the other side of the partly opened door.
	Still, with all his peculiarities, there are those who will miss the late baronet. He was rich and he was generous to many old dependants. To the blind paper seller who stands on the bridge close to the house he was also a friend. And yet it is stated that he had a distrust of members of his own sex, and always gave strict instructions against the admission of any male, except members of his own family, to the house.
	The rent roll of this eccentric baronet amounted to £30,000 a year, and he has left personalty to the amount of about £150,000. According to Debrett there are two family seats: Doddington Park, Nantwich and Broughton Hall, Staffordshire, and the baronet was the patron of five livings.
	John Evelyn Delves Broughton, son of Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, 12th baronet
	John, the two-year-old son and heir of Sir Evelyn, died after falling into an ornamental pond in the grounds of his father's house, as reported by The Times on 14 September 1964:-
	John Evelyn Delves, aged two, heir of Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, and Lady Broughton, of Doddington Park, near Nantwich, Cheshire, was found drowned on Saturday in a shallow ornamental pool which was being built in the garden of his home. The boy was heir to a baronetcy dating back to 1660 [1661].
	Mr. Giles Tedstone, farm manager to Sir Evelyn, said today "Sir Evelyn and Lady Broughton had been having tea with their children and friends on the lawn, and the children wandered off afterwards to play. Lady Broughton missed young John a couple of minutes later and he was found in the pool.
	"Artificial respiration was tried and Sir Evelyn then drove the boy to hospital but it was all too late. The pool was only 18 inches deep and has now been filled in."
	Lady Broughton is expecting another baby in a few months' time. They have two daughters aged five and three.
	The Times, 15 September 1964:-
	The son and heir of Sir Evelyn and Lady Broughton, of Doddington Park, near Nantwich, Cheshire, who was found lying dead in an ornamental pool at his home was not drowned, it was stated at today's inquest at Nantwich on John Evelyn Delves Broughton, aged two.
	Dr. John Heppleston, pathologist, said that a post-mortem showed that death was due to a blockage of the windpipe by food, caused by vomiting which had followed immersion in water.
	Questioned by Sir Evelyn, Dr. Heppleston said it was possible that the boy slipped or fell into the water, and the shock made him vomit. He could have been dead within part of a second.
	Mr. Leonard Culey, West Cheshire deputy coroner, recording a verdict of accidental death, said by a chance in a million the shock of the water made the boy sick and he asphyxiated. It was a case that could not have been foreseen.
	The baronets of Broun of Colstoun and the Colstoun Pear
	One of the ancestors of the ancient house of Broun of Colstoun married the daughter of Hugo de Gifford, who was also known as the Warlock of Gifford, famous for his supposed powers of necromancy. As they were proceeding to the church, the wizard lord stopped the bridal procession beneath a pear-tree and, plucking one its pears, he gave it to his daughter, telling her that he had no dowry to give her, but that as long as she kept that gift, good fortune would never desert her or her descendants. This event was supposed to have happened around the year 1270. Ever since that time, the Broun family has carefully preserved the pear in a silver box.
	The fruit was said to have remained as fresh as the day it was picked until at some point during either the 16th or 17th centuries (sources differ), a pregnant lady of the family, who had conceived an intense longing for some fruit which was out of season, attempted to eat the pear. The pear immediately turned to stone, but with the bite-mark clearly apparent. Following this incident a period of litigation ensued, as the result of which the family lost two of its best farms on its estates.
	Sir Richard Broun, 8th baronet
	The patents of baronets created in Scotland prior to 1633 contain a covenant that "… at whatever time, and so soon as, the Eldest Son and Apparent Heir-male of the said (name of the baronet), or the Eldest Son and Apparent Heir-male of whatsoever Heirs-male succeeding to him, shall attain the age of twenty-one years, that they, and every one of them respectively by Us, our Heirs, and Successors, shall be inaugurated Knights whenever they, or any of them, shall require that Order without any Fees, or expense whatever."
	The patents of baronets of Scotland created after 1633 contain either the wording above, or the following general clause - "We give, grant, and confer, on the said (name of baronet), and his Heirs-male, for ever, the title, dignity, order and honour of Knight-Baronet …"
	On 28 June 1633, the Parliament of Scotland passed a law confirming this privilege. Furthermore, by warrant dated 10 May 1636, addressed to the Chancellor of Scotland, King Charles I stated that "… We will that you knight the eldest sons of all and every of such Baronets who being the perfect age of twenty one years should desire the same, without putting them to any charges or expenses …"
	Seeking to take advantage of this privilege, in July 1836, Richard Broun, eldest son and heir to the baronetcy of Broun of Colstoun, made formal application to the Lord Chamberlain requesting that he be presented to the King in order that he might be knighted. His application contained references to the covenants outlined above which rendered it compulsory for the Crown to grant the knighthood. However, the request was rejected, on the grounds that the patent which had created the Broun baronetcy in 1686 did not contain any clause authorising an eldest son and heir to claim the honour of knighthood.
	Broun refused to accept that decision, pointing out that his right to knighthood was enshrined in the 1633 Act of the Scottish Parliament, and that this statute had been ratified as part of the Act of Union in 1707. The authorities remained unmoved, however, and the matter dragged on for a number of years until June 1842 when, at a meeting of the Baronetage, a unanimous resolution was passed that, the constitution of the Baronetage having been broken, the baronets directed that Broun vindicate the privilege by henceforth assuming the honour of knighthood. As soon as the resolution had been passed, Broun rose and addressed the meeting and formally assumed his knighthood, throwing the responsibility for his doing so upon the Lord Chamberlain.
	In later life, Broun was instrumental in founding the 'London Necropolis and National Mausoleum Company', which established a cemetery at Brookwood, near Woking. For a time, Brookwood was the largest cemetery in the world, and today remains the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom, with nearly 250,000 people buried there.
	See also the note relating to the Cotter baronetcy.
	Sir William Augustus Brown, 3rd baronet [GB 1732]
	The following brief entry is recorded in the listing of deaths in the Annual Register for 1794:-
	At Knightsbridge, Lady Browne, relict of the late Sir James Browne. Her son, Sir William, in the Guards, and nephew of General Browne, having long been insane, and living in the house with her, in the absence of his keeper, took up a coal-scuttle and dashed his mother's brains out.

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