William Brereton may refer to: * William Brereton (fl. 1406–1432), MP for

Midhurst Midhurst () is a market town, parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother inland from the English Channel, and north of the county town of Chichester. The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as ''Middeh ...

and Chichester *

William Brereton (courtier) William Brereton (c. 1487 – 17 May 1536), the son of a Cheshire landowner, was a Groom of the Privy Chamber to Henry VIII. In May 1536, Brereton, the queen's brother George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis West ...

(d. 1536) in the privy chamber of Henry VIII * William Brereton (lord justice) (d. 1541), lord justice of Ireland * Sir

William Brereton (died 1559) William Brereton may refer to: * William Brereton (fl. 1406–1432), MP for Midhurst and Chichester * William Brereton (courtier) (d. 1536) in the privy chamber of Henry VIII * William Brereton (lord justice) (d. 1541), lord justice of Ireland * ...

(c. 1520–1559), MP for

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

in 1547 and 1559 *

Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, (1604–1661), was an English Puritan who owned extensive estates in Cheshire, and was Member of Parliament for Cheshire at various times between 1628 and 1653. During the First English Civil War, he was command ...

(1604–1661), Parliamentary General in the English Civil War * William Brereton, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Lords Brereton ** William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton (1550–1630), MP for Cheshire in 1597, 1614 and 1621 **

William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(1611–1664), MP for Cheshire in 1661 **

William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton FRS (4 May 1631 – 17 March 1680) was an English mathematician and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and became Baron Brereton in the Irish peerage in 1664. He was chairman of the Committee o ...

(1631–1680), MP for Newton in 1659 and Bossiney 1660 *

William Brereton (British Army officer) Lieutenant-General Sir William Brereton (29 December 1789 – 27 July 1864) was a British Army officer of the nineteenth century who served as colonel-commandant of the 4th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery in the 1860s. Family Brereton was desc ...

(1789–1864), colonel in the Royal Horse Artillery * William Brereton (officer), British Army officer in South Carolina in 1782 * William Brereton (Norfolk cricketer) (1786–1851), English cricketer *

William Brereton (priest) William Brereton (circa 1726 – 5 January 1812) was an Anglican priest. He was educated at Eton College and Christ's College, Cambridge, and was rector of both Cottesmore, Rutland, and Pickwell, Leicestershire. He was Archdeacon of Stafford The ...

(1726–1812), Archdeacon of Lichfield, 1782–1801 * William Brereton (planter) (died 1822), planter in British Guiana

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