Brereton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alexander Picton Brereton (1892–1976), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Ben Brereton
Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right.
Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, ...
, (born 1999), English footballer
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Cuthbert A. Brereton (1850–1910), British civil engineer
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Dan Brereton Daniel Alan Brereton (born November 22 San Francisco Bay Area) is an American writer and illustrator who has produced notable work in the comic book field.
Biography Early life
Dan Brereton attended the California College of the Arts and the Acade ...
(born 1965), American artist and illustrator
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Dermott Brereton (born 1964), Australian rules footballer
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Ernest Le Gay Brereton (1869–1932), Australian mining engineer and academic
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Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957), British author
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Henry E. H. Brereton (1865–1957), New York politician
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Jack Brereton (born 1991), British politician
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John Brereton (disambiguation), several people
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John Brereton, 4th Baron Brereton
John Brereton (1659–1718) was an English baron in the Peerage of Ireland.
He was born on 2 December 1659, the son of the William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton, and his wife Frances Willoughby. He lived at Brereton Hall near Sandbach, Cheshire ...
(1659–1718), English baron in the peerage of Ireland
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John Le Gay Brereton
John Le Gay Brereton (2 September 1871 – 2 February 1933) was an Australian poet, critic and professor of English at the University of Sydney. He was the first president of the Fellowship of Australian Writers when it was formed in Sydney ...
(1871–1933), Australian poet
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John Brereton (footballer) (1935–2021), Australian footballer
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John Brereton (Irish lawyer) (1576–1629), English-born lawyer
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Joseph Lloyd Brereton (1822–1901), English educational reformer and writer
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Kevin Brereton (born 1972), Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer
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Laurie Brereton
Laurence John "Laurie" Brereton (born 29 May 1946) is a former Australian politician who was a state minister, a federal member of cabinet, and kingmaker in the election of several Australian Labor Party leaders, including Paul Keating and Mark ...
(born 1946), Australian politician
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Lewis H. Brereton
Lewis Hyde Brereton (June 21, 1890 – July 20, 1967) was a military aviation pioneer and lieutenant general in the United States Air Force. A 1911 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he began his military career as a United States Army o ...
(1890–1967), American military aviation pioneer
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Mocky Brereton
Maurice "Mocky" Patrick Brereton is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in the 1970 and 1972 World Cups and one match in the 1975 World Championship Series.
Playing career
Brereton was origina ...
, New Zealand rugby league footballer
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Patrick Brereton, author and academic at Dublin City University
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Paul Brereton
Major General Paul Le Gay Brereton, (born 27 August 1957) is a Judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal and a senior officer in the Australian Army Reserve. He commanded the 5th Brigade from 2008 to 2010 and Head of the Cadet, Reserve and ...
(born 1957), Australian judge and soldier
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Robert Maitland Brereton (1834–1911), English railway engineer
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Robert Pearson Brereton (1818–1894), British engineer and colleague of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Thomas Brereton
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Brereton (1782–1832) was an officer of the British Army.
Career
He was descended from Sir William Brereton, Chief Justice and Lord High Marshal of Ireland, from the ancient and noble family of Brereton, Cheshire, En ...
(1782–1831), Irish soldier, governor of Senegal
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William Brereton (disambiguation), several people
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William Brereton (fl. 1406–1432), MP for
Midhurst and Chichester
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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 Westo ...
(d. 1536) in the privy chamber of Henry VIII
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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
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(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 tow ...
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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 comm ...
(1604–1661), Parliamentary General in the English Civil War
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Lords Brereton
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William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton
William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton (1550 – 1 October 1631) 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.
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(1550–1630), MP for Cheshire in 1597, 1614 and 1621
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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 Eng ...
(1611–1664), MP for Cheshire in 1661
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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 ...
(1631–1680), MP for Newton in 1659 and Bossiney 1660
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William Brereton (British Army officer) (1789–1864), colonel in the Royal Horse Artillery
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William Brereton (Norfolk cricketer) (1786–1851), English cricketer
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William Brereton (priest) (1726–1812), Archdeacon of Lichfield, 1782–1801
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William Brereton (planter) (died 1822), planter in British Guiana
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