Family and Education
?s. of Arthur Brett of London. educ. travelled abroad (France) c.1660. m. Lady Catherine Boyle (d. 3 Sept. 1681), da. of Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery [I], 2da.; 1s. illegit.C5/450/6; Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 431; PCC 149 Ent.
Offices Held
Capt. ?Surr. militia by 1661, maj. by 1676; commr. for assessment, Surr. 1677 – 79, Carm. 1677 – 80, 1689; j.p. Carm. 1677–d.
Gent. waiter to the Duke of York 1662 – ?73; commr. for Admiralty droits 1673 – ?84, excise 1673 – 74, preventing export of wool 1689.
Main residences: Richmond, Surr.; Upper Marwell House, Hants.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BRETT, Richard (-d.1689)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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