Charles Bosanquet
City merchant, governor of South Sea company, High Sheriff of Northumberland (1828),. Colonel in the Hampstead Volunteers.
Isaac Bridge
Corndealer and jobmaster. Vestryman of the Parish for 11 years. Lived at 22 King’s College Road and Mews.
Prof Henry Briggs
OBE, FRSE. Professor of Mining at Ednburgh University and at Heriot-Watt College. He was involved in research for safety in mines and invented mine rescue apparatus. Published many books and learned papers.
William John Henry Brodrick
OBE, Chevalier, Order of the Crown of Belgium. Barrister, Metropolitan Police Magistrate (1928-44),. Chairman of the Heath & Old Hampstead Society.
Stopford Brooke
Irish minister of Proprietory chapel, Bloomsbury, 1876-95. A celebrated preacher, in 1867 he became chaplain to Queen Victoria, but he seceded from the Anglican church in 1880. He often preached at Rosslyn Hill chapel. Most successful among his books was his Primer of English Literature, 1876.
Leonard Leslie Brooke
Artist and illustrator. Created the popular Johnny Crow books for children and illustrated many nursery rhyme books. He married Sybil (1890-1957), daughter of Stopford Brooke. Their son Henry was MP for Hampstead and Home Secretary, and they moved to 28 Hollycroft Avenue in 1934 to be near him. An exhibition ‘Leslie Brooke and Johny Crow’was held…
Thomas Buck
Victualler. Leased the Holly Bush Tavern in 1831; he died at Twickenham ‘surviving his wife only a fortnight’.
Revd Allatson Burgh
Vicar of St Lawrence Jewry in the City; so unpopular that his parishioners petitioned Queen Victoria to have him removed – in vain. Lived at Burgh House from 1822 until his death. Burgh was a more successful protestor in 1829 when he joined Hampstead copyholders fighting the Lord of the Manor over the Heath. [His…
John ‘Senior’ Burlison
Son of a Durham joiner, who became personal assistant to Sir George Gilbert Scott for 25 years. His son, qv, was a stained glass maker.
Thomas Bush
Headmaster of Heath Mount School in Heath Street until c.1875. The school history says he was fond of wielding a ‘bushy’ stick.
