BRACE, John Thurloe (?1685-aft.1735), of Astwood, Bucks.

John Thurloe Brace, who inherited Astwood, near Bedford, through his mother, was returned as a Whig for that borough in 1715, voting with the Administration in all recorded divisions. Nevertheless he is shown in Sunderland’s lists for the 1722 election as to be replaced by George Huxley, by whom he was defeated; but after Huxley had accepted a place in 1725, Brace recovered his seat at the ensuing by-election. In 1727 he was re-elected but withdrew on petition under a compromise. Shortly after 1735 he sold Astwood to the executors of the 1st Lord Trevor.1Thurloe S.P., i. pp. xix-xx; VCH Bucks. iv. 272. According to Cole, the antiquary, he ‘lived a loose kind of life and run out his estate; but he was a man of parts and ingenuity’.2Beds. N. & Q. iii. 157. The date of his death is not known.