George Bramston Explained

George Bramston was a lawyer[1] and academic[2] in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.[3]

Bramston was born in Great Baddow and educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating LL.B in 1674 and LL.D in 1682. He was Fellow of Trinity-hall from 1692 to 1696, and its Master from 1703 until his death.[4] He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1703 to 1704.[5]

He died on 3 June 1710.

Notes and References

  1. "The Political State of Great Britain, Volume 1" p8:London, J. Baker, 1711
  2. http://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2013/02/abdy-of-albyns-baronets-part-2.html Landed Families of Britain & Ireland
  3. "Annals of Cambridge" Cooper, C.H. V4 p169: Cambridge; Metclaf; 1852
  4. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
  5. https://www.v-c.admin.cam.ac.uk/role-vice-chancellor/history-vice-chancellorship University of Cambridge web-site