In 1718 he was elected a Fellow of the Antiquarian Society, and from that time devoted himself chiefly to that collection of antiquarian matter connected with his native county, subsequently embodied in the well-known History of Northamptonshire, compiled by Peter Whalley and published in complete form at Oxford in 1791. His MSS. are preserved in the Bodleian Library.
Admitted 3 July, 1876.
Second son of Brailsford Bright, of Rhyl, Flint. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, whence he entered the service of the Electric Telegraph Company, and subsequently of the Magnetic Company. In this capacity he was responsible for the laying of many thousands of miles of wires over land, also for the wire from Portpatrick to Donaghadee, the first cable in comparatively deep water; but the great distinction due to him is the laying of the first Altantic cable, which, after two failures, he was chiefly instrumental in accomplishing in 1858, the first clear message being sent along it on 13 Aug. of that year. For this service he received the honour of knighthood. In 1865 he entered Parliament, and sat for Greenwich till 1868. He died 3 May, 1888.
Admitted 7 January, 1669-70.
Second son of Sir St. John Brodrick, of Ballyanan, co. Cork. He was admitted at the same time as his elder brother, Thomas, and was called to the Bar 10 May, 1678. He took an active part on behalf of the Prince of Orange. He was made King's Sergeant Feb. 1690, and in 1695 appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland. He entered the Irish Parliament in 1692, and became Speaker in 1703. In 1707 he was made Attorney-General, and three years later called to the Upper House as Chief Justice of the King's Bench. On the accession of George I. he was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and raised to the peerage as Baron Brodrick of Midleton, 13 April, 1715. Two years later he was made Viscount. In 1717 he sat in the British Parliament as member for Midhurst, Sussex. He died in Ireland 1728.
Fourth son of Thomas Broke, of Leighton, Cheshire. There is no record of his admission to the Inn, but he was Reader there in the autumn of 1510, being then a Serjeant-at-Law. He became a Judge of the Common Pleas in 1520, when also he was knighted. Six years later he was made Chief Baron of the Exchequer, both of which offices he held till his death in 1529. He was an ancestor of Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, the commander of the Shannon in the celebrated action with the Chesapeake in 1813.
Son of Thomas Broke, of Claverley, Salop. There is no record of his admission to the Inn, but he was Autumn Reader, 1542; and Lent Reader in 1551. He became Recorder of London in 1545, and in the second Parliament of Queen Mary, living a zealous Roman Catholic, was made Speaker of the House of Commons. He was made Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in 1554. In
