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BRUCE, Hon. Robert (1668-1729).

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bap. 11 Feb. 1668, 7th but 2nd surv. s. of Robert Bruce†, 1st Earl of Ailesbury; bro. of Thomas†, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury, and Hon. James Bruce*. educ. Queens’, Camb. fell. comm. 1684; M. Coulon’s acad. Paris 1685. unm.
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Burgess, Bedford 1702. N. Beds. Bor. Council, Bedford bor. recs. B2/3, corp. act bk. 1688–1718, f. 69.

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BRUCE, Hon. Robert (1668-1729).
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BRUCE, John (d. 1711), of Kinross House, Kinross.

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o. s. of Sir William Bruce, 1st Bt., MP [S], of Balcaskie, Fife, clerk of bills [S] 1660–81 and master of works [S] 1671–c.1680, by his 1st w. Mary, da. of Sir James Halkett of Pitfirrane, Fife, MP [S]. educ. travelled abroad (France, Low Countries). m. contr. 3 May 1687 (with £6,000 Scots), Lady Christian (d. 1710), da. and coh. of John Leslie, 1st Duke of Rothes [S] and wid. of James Graham, 3rd Mq. of Montrose [S], s.p. suc. fa. 1 Jan. 1710. Hist. Scot. Parl. 75, 79; Lauder of Fountainhall, Hist. Notices (Bannatyne Club, lxxxvii), 344; SRO, Kinross House mss GD29/1220, contr.
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MP [S] Kinross-shire 1702–7.

Burgess, Glasgow 1702; hereditary sheriff, Kinross ?1702–d.

Commr. Equivalent [S] 1707–d. Scot. Rec. Soc. lvi. 251; Boyer, Anne Annals, vi. 234; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxiii. 234.

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BRUCE, John (d. 1711), of Kinross House, Kinross.
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BRUCE, Hon. James (c.1670-c.1732).

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b. c. 1670, 8th but 3rd surv. s. of Robert Bruce†, 1st Earl of Ailesbury and 2nd Earl of Elgin [S], by Lady Diana, da. of Henry Grey†, 1st Earl of Stamford; bro. of Thomas†, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury, and Hon. Robert Bruce*. educ. Queens’, Camb. fell. comm. 1684. unm.
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Burgess, Bedford 1705. N. Beds. Bor. Council, Bedford bor. recs. B2/3, corp. act bk. 1688–1718, f. 69.

Commr. equivalent, 1707, R. Hosp. Chelsea 1711–d; jt. comptroller of army accts. 1711–d. C. S. C. B. Bruce, Life and Loyalties of Thomas Bruce, 20; Boyer, Pol. State, i–ii. 452; Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1731–4, p. 426; Add. 17677 EEE, f. 235v; CJ, xv. 419.

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BRUCE, Charles, Lord Bruce (1682-1747), of Ampthill, Beds. and Savernake Park, Wilts.

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b. 29 May 1682, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Thomas Bruce†, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of Elgin [S], by his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp, and h. to her bro. William. educ. privately; academy at Brussels 1698. m. (1) 7 Feb. 1706 (with approx. £45,000), Lady Anne (d. 1717), da. and coh. of William Savile*, 2nd Mq. of Halifax, 2s. d.v.p. ; (2) 2 Feb. 1720, Lady Juliana (d. 1739), da. of Charles Boyle I*, 2nd Earl of Burlington, s.p.; (3) 18 June 1739, Caroline (d. 1747), da. of John Campbell*, later 4th Duke of Argyll [S], 1da. summ. to House of Lords in fa.’s barony as Lord Bruce of Whorlton 29 Dec. 1711; suc. fa. 16 Dec. 1741; cr. Baron Bruce of Tottenham, Wilts. 17 Apr. 1746. C. S. C. B. Bruce, Life and Loyalties of Thomas Bruce, 225, 298; HMC Egmont, ii. 215.
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Recorder, Bedford 1711–d.; burgess 1711. J. Godber, Hist. Beds. 324; N. Beds. Bor. Council, Bedford bor. recs. B2/3, corp. act bk. 1688–1718, ff. 111–12.

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BRUCE, Charles, Lord Bruce (1682-1747), of Ampthill, Beds. and Savernake Park, Wilts.
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BROWNLOW, William (1665-1701), of Humby, Lincs. and Arlington Street, Westminster, Mdx.

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b. 5 Nov. 1665, 2nd s. of Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Bt.; bro. of Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Bt.*; educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1680; I. Temple 1684. m. (1) lic. 27 July 1688 (with £10,000), Dorothy (d. 1700), da. and coh. of Sir Richard Mason† of Bishop’s Castle, Salop and Sutton, Surr., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.; (2) 21 Dec. 1700, Henrietta, da. of Henry Brett† of Down Hatherley, Glos. and sis. of Henry Brett*, s.p. suc. bro. as 4th Bt. 16 July 1697. E. Cust, Recs. Cust Fam. ii. 72, 171–5.
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BROWNLOW, William (1665-1701), of Humby, Lincs. and Arlington Street, Westminster.
Main residences: Humby, Lincs.; Arlington Street, Westminster, Mdx.
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BROWNLOW, William (1665-1701)

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BROWNLOW, Sir John, 5th Bt. (1690-1754), of Arlington Street, London

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b. 16 Nov. 1690, 1st surv. s. of (Sir) William Brownlow*, (4th Bt.), by his 1st w. educ. ?Padua, 1710; m. (1) 12 Aug. 1712, his cos. Eleanor (d. 1730), da. and coh. of Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Bt.*, s.p.; (2) 24 Jan. 1732 (with £2,500), Elizabeth, da. of William Cartwright of Marnum, Notts., s.p. suc. fa. as 5th Bt. 6 Mar. 1701; uncle Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Bt., to Belton on; d. of Lady Brownlow 1721; cr. Visct. Tyrconnel [I] 23 June 1718; KB 27 May 1725. Unless otherwise indicated, this biography is based on E. Cust, Recs. Cust Fam. ii. 72, 185–222.
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Commr. to inquire into losses and damage sustained during Fifteen, 1716. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxx. 425.

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BROWNLOW, Sir John, 5th Bt. (1690-1754), of Humby, and Belton, nr. Grantham, Lincs.
Main residence: Arlington Street, London.
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BROWNLOW, Sir John, 5th Bt. (1690-1754)

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BROWNLOW, Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1659-97), of Hammersmith; Pall Mall, London, and Belton, Lincs.

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b. 26 June 1659, 1st s. of Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Bt., of Humby by Elizabeth, da. of John Freke† of Cerne Abbas, Dorset; bro. of William Brownlow*. educ. Westminster 1675; I. Temple 1676. m. 27 Mar. 1676, Alice (d. 1721), da. of Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe, Lincs., 1s. d.v.p. 6da. (1 ). suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. 1668; gt.-uncle Sir John Brownlow, 1st Bt., to Belton 1679. E. Cust, Recs. Cust Fam. ii. 72, 140-4, 148; Nottingham Univ. Lib. Portland (Bentinck) mss PwA 161b, Gaultier to the Earl of Portland, 23 July/2 Aug. 1697
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Treasurer of Marshalsea, 1686–7.

Sheriff, Lincs., Nov. 1688–Mar. 1689.

Commr. Greenwich Hospital, 1695. Add. 10120, ff. 232–6.

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BROWNLOW, Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1659-97), of Belton, Lincs. and Bloomsbury Square, Mdx.
Main residences: Hammersmith; Pall Mall, London; Belton, Lincs.
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BROWNLOW, Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1659-97)

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BROWNE, Thomas (1640-1713), of Arlesey, Beds.

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bap. 3 Dec. 1640, 5th but 1st surv. s. of (Sir) Samuel Browne† of Arlesey, serjeant-at-law and j.c.p., by Elizabeth, da. of John Meade of Nortofts, Finchingfield, Essex. educ. Wratting, Suff.; St. John’s, Camb. 1659; L. Inn 1660, called 1667. m. (1) 23 Feb. 1669, Cicely (d. 1675), da. of Sir William Poley† of Boxted, Suff. and sis. of Sir John Poley†, 2s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) lic. 9 Oct. 1682, Mary (d. 1704), da. of Sir John Bernard, 2nd Bt.†, of Brampton Park, Hunts., 2s. 5da. (1 ). suc. fa. 1668. Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. ii. 140–8; F. A. Blaydes, Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 6–7.
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?Gent. privy chamber 1670. N. Carlisle, Gent. Privy Chamber, 187.

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BROWNE, Thomas (1640-1713), of Arlesey, Beds.
Main residence: Arlesey, Beds.
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BROWNE, Thomas (1640-1713)

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BROTHERTON, Thomas (c.1656-1702), of Chancery Lane, Mdx. and the Hey, Newton, Lancs.

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b. c. 1656, 2nd s. of John Brotherton (Bretherton) of the Hey and the Inner Temple by Margaret, da. of Thomas Blackburn of Orford, Lancs. educ. G. Inn 1676, called 1683; Jesus, Camb. 1677. m. lic. 5 June 1693, Margaret, da. and coh. of Thomas Gunter of Aldbourne, Wilts., 3s. 3da. suc. bro. John 1679. VCH Lancs. iv. 134–5; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. ser. 1, lxxxiv), 56; Mar. Lic. Vicar-Gen. (Harl. Soc. xxxi), 259; Moore Rental (Chetham Soc. ser. 1, xii), 145.
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BROTHERTON, Thomas (c.1656-1702), of Chancery Lane, Mdx. and the Hey, Newton, Lancs.
Main residences: Chancery Lane, Mdx.; the Hey, Newton, Lancs.
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BROTHERTON, Thomas (c.1656-1702)

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BROMLEY, William III (1685-1756), of Upton-on-Severn, Worcs.

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b. 28 Apr. 1685, o. s. of Henry Bromley by Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Lench of Doverdale, Worcs. educ. Oriel, Oxf. 1701; M. Temple 1703, called 1710. m. (1) 2 May 1720, Mary (d. 1737[–?8]), da. and coh. of Joseph Moore, banker, of London, s.p.; (2) c.1733, Judith (d. 1770), da. of one Hanbury, 1da. suc. fa. 1686. Nash, Worcs. ii. 445; Vis. Worcs. ed. Metcalfe, 25–26; IGI, London.
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Freeman, Worcester 1729; recorder, Tewkesbury 1735–d. W. R. Williams, Parl. Hist. Glos. 245.

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BROMLEY, William III (1685-1756), of Upton-on-Severn, Worcs.
Main residence: Upton-on-Severn, Worcs.
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BROMLEY, William III (1685-1756)

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