William Brereton
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William Brereton is the name of:
- William Brereton (groom)William Brereton (groom)Sir William Brereton , who came from a Cheshire landowning family, was a Groom of the Privy Chamber of Henry VIII. He was caught up in the accusations against Anne Boleyn, tried for treason and executed with the Queen and four others...
(died 1536) in the privy chamber of Henry VIII - Sir William Brereton (c.1520–1559) MP for Cheshire in 1547 and 1559
- Sir William Brereton, 1st BaronetSir William Brereton, 1st BaronetSir William Brereton, 1st Baronet was an English writer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1659. He was a commander in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....
(1604–1661), Parliamentary General in the Civil War - William Brereton, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Lord Breretons
- William Brereton, 1st Baron BreretonWilliam Brereton, 1st Baron BreretonWilliam Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1622. He was created a peer in the Peerage of Ireland in 1624 as Baron Brereton....
(1550–1631) MP for Cheshire in 1597, 1614 and 1621 - William Brereton, 2nd Baron BreretonWilliam Brereton, 2nd Baron BreretonWilliam Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton was the son of Sir John Brereton of Brereton Hall and Anne Fitton...
(1611–1664) MP for Cheshire in 1661 - William Brereton, 3rd Baron BreretonWilliam Brereton, 3rd Baron BreretonWilliam Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton FRS 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....
(1631–1680) MP for Newton in 1659 and Bossiney 1660
- William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton
- William Brereton (soldier)William Brereton (soldier)Sir William Brereton , was a lieutenant-general and colonel-commandant 4th brigade royal artillery.Brereton was descended from the very ancient Cheshire family of Brereton of Brereton Hall, through its Irish branch, the Breretons of Carrigslaney, co. Carlow, of whom some particulars are given by...
(1789–1864), British Army officer