Individual Details

William Bailie BRETT CSI, CSE

(27 Nov 1889 - 15 Sep 1947)

Events

Birth27 Nov 1889Waterloo, Lancashire
Residence1891with his parents - 4, Seabank Road, Liscard, Cheshire
Miscellaneous10 Jun 1897arrived with his mother aboard the SS Orellana from Valaparaiso, Chile - the Port of Liverpool
ResidenceFrom 1901 to 1911with his widowed mother - 2, Maryland Street, Liverpool, Lancashire
EducationAbt 1901Liverpool College, Lodge Lane, Liverpool, Lancashire
EducationAbt 1909Hertford College, Oxford
Occupation1911university undergraduate - 2, Maryland Street, Liverpool, Lancashire
DegreeAbt 1912double first in Classics - Hertford College, Oxford
Miscellaneous1912travelled to work in the Civil Service - India
MiscellaneousAbt 1913was the private secretary to the first Indian Govenor - Bihar and Orissa Province, India
Miscellaneous29 Oct 1925arrived aboard the SS Nankin from Calcutta (1st Class) - the Port of London
OccupationFrom 1926 to 1929Deputy Commissioner and financial secretary to the Governor of Bihar - Ranchi, Bengal, India
Marriage10 Aug 1926Chirk Parish Church, Denbighshire - Elizabeth Wynne Vincent Lloyd WILLIAMS BA
Occupation10 Aug 1926civil servant (Indian Civil Service) - India
Residence10 Aug 1926The Hand Hotel, Chirk, Denbighshire
Miscellaneous1935after the Bihar earthquake he became the Relief Commissioner - Bihar, India
Miscellaneous1936became the Chief Secretary to the Goverment - India
Residence (family)1938Sunny Bank, Overbury, Worcestershire - Elizabeth Wynne Vincent Lloyd WILLIAMS BA
Residence (family)29 Sep 1939Sunny Bank, Overbury, Worcestershire - Elizabeth Wynne Vincent Lloyd WILLIAMS BA
Occupation29 Sep 1939Indian civil servant (previous to retirement) - Sunny Bank, Overbury, Worcestershire
RetirementAbt 1940
Death15 Sep 1947Sunny Bank, Overbury, Worcestershire
Probate3 Jan 1948London

Families

SpouseElizabeth Wynne Vincent Lloyd WILLIAMS BA (1897 - 1977)
FatherWilliam Leopold BRETT (1855 - 1899)
MotherJulia CORTHORN (1866 - 1955)
SiblingGeorgina Winifred BRETT (1888 - 1927)
SiblingCapt Hugh Corthorn BRETT (1891 - 1916)
SiblingLilian Roche BRETT (1893 - 1973)
SiblingUnnamed BRETT (1895 - 1895)

Notes

Marriage

They were married by licence by J L Williams, vicar of Gresford. The witnesses were Stanley Watson, J Lloyd-Williams, Hugh Chinwell (?) and Julia Heath (?).

Miscellaneous

He wrote the official White Paper on the disaster and administerd the Viceroy's fund for the relief of the "distressed people".

Probate

Probate was granted to his widow Elizabeth Wynne Vincent Brett. His effects were valued at £13305.