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BROUNCKER 345 was knighted 4 Dec. 161 5; was Gent, of the Privy Chamber to Charles I, and Vice Chamberlain to the Prince of Wales; Commissary Gen. of the Musters against the Scots, 1639; cr. D.C.L. of Oxford i Nov. 1642; received a grant of the monastery of Clonnis, co. Monaghan. On 12 Sep. 1645C) he was (by pat. dat. at Ragland) cr. BARON BROUNCKER OF NEWCASTLE in the Province of Munster, and VISCOUNT BROUNCKER OF LYONS,(b) in the Province of Leinster [I.]. He joined the King's party at Oxford, that same year. He m. Winifred, da. of Sir William Leigh, of Newnham, co. Warwick. He was htr. 20 Nov. 1645, from Wadham College, in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. M.I. Will dat. 13 Oct. 1645, ^" ^i^ "60th year," pr. 17 July 1646, and again 27 Sep. 1649. His widow J. in London, "after she had lost and won vast sums by gaming," 30 July, and was l>ur. 10 Aug. 1649, ^^^^ her husband. M.I. Will dat. 23 July, pr. 13 Aug. 1649. II. 1645. ^- William (Brouncker), Viscount Brouncker of Lyons, &c. [I.], s. and h., b. 1620; was cr. M.D. of the Univ. of Oxford 23 June 1646, having previously published many scientific works; M.P. for Westbury 1660. Chancellor to Katharine, the Queen Consort, 1662 till his death; was President of the Royal Society, London, (incorporated 15 July 1662) Apr. 1663, being annually re-elected till his resignation, 30 Nov. 1677; Commissioner of the Navy 1 664-79 ;(") ^ Lord of the Admiralty 1680-83; Master of St. Katharine's Hospital, London, 1 68 1 till his death. He ^. unm., in St. James's Str., Westm., 5, and was ^«r. 14 Apr. 1684, in the Chapel of St. Katherine afsd., aged about 64. Will dat. 26 Dec. 1683, in his "64th year," pr. 5 Apr. 1684. III. 1684 3. Henry (Brouncker), Viscount Brouncker of to Lyons and Baron Brouncker of Newcastle [I.], only 1688. br. andh.;matric. at Oxford (Wadham Coll.) 20 May 1642, aged 15; was cr. M.D. of the Univ. of Oxford 23 June 1646, on the same day as his brother; took part in the siege of Colchester 1648; M.P. for Romney 1665 till 21 Apr. 1668, when he was expelled for refusing to attend the House when summoned. Commissioner of Trade and Plantations 1673; Cofferer of the Household 1680-85. He was a noted gamester.() He m., about i May 1661, Rebecca, ("a great jointure and great personal estate") widow of Thomas Jermyn, da. of ( — ) (*) As to the only record of this creation see ante, p. 299, note "a." V.G. C") Pepys says he gave ;^ 1,200 to be made an Irish Lord, and swore the same day that he had not i2d. left to pay for his dinner. (^) He was a colleague of Pepys, who, on 29 Jan. 1666/7, writes: " I perceive he is a rotten-hearted false man, and therefore I must beware of him accordingly." V.G. ("*) "Ever noted for a hard covetous vicious man, but for his worldly craft and skill in gaming few exceeded him." {Evelyn's Diary, 24 Mar. 1688). For an account of his not very creditable services to the Duke of York with regard to Lady Denham, see Pepys, 10 June 1666. He was also a famous chess player. V.G. 45