BRETT, Henry (1675-1724), of Cowley and Sandywell Park, nr. Dowdeswell, Glos.

b. 5 Dec. 1675, 1st s. of Henry Brett† of Down Hatherley, Glos. by Hester, da. of Richard Eynes of Enstone, Oxon. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1693; M. Temple 1695. m. c.1701, Anne, da. of Sir Richard Mason† of Bishop’s Castle, Salop and Sutton, Surr., div. w. of Charles Gerard*, Visct. Brandon, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, 1da. Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 2, x. 55; Vis. Glos. ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 25; Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. xxviii. 218; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 4), v. 143.