=Brock, William.= =Bk= Brother of Sir Isaac, a London merchant, 70; disastrous failure of, 161-164; his letter to his brother Isaac, 165. =Brock, William.= =Bk= Grandfather of Sir Isaac Brock, 5. =Brock's Battery.= =Bk= Name at first given to king's battery in Quebec citadel, 94. =Brockville.= Chief town of Leeds County, Ontario, on left bank of St. Lawrence. Formerly known as Elizabethtown. Raided by a detachment of troops from Ogdensburg in 1813. The town assumed its present name shortly after the death of Brock. =Index=: =BL= Early municipal government of, 298. =Broglie, Achille Charles Léonce Victor, Duc de= (1785-1870). Foreign secretary under Louis-Philippe, 1832-1834, and prime minister, 1835-1836. Lived in retirement after, 1851. =Index=: =Sy= Poulett Thomson (Sydenham) meets in Paris, 20. =Bib.=: _Écrits et Discours_; _Souvenirs_. =Brooke, Frances.= =Hd= Her novel of Canadian life, 222. =Bib.=: _History of Emily Montague_, London, 1777. =Brouage.= =Ch= In Saintonge, birthplace of Champlain, 1. =Brougham, Henry Peter, Baron= (1778-1868). Born in Scotland. Educated at Edinburgh University. Secretary to Lord Rosslyn and Lord St. Vincent on a mission to Portugal. In 1810 entered Parliament; in 1830 received the great seal and elevated to the peerage. In 1828 founded London University, and in 1860 elected chancellor of Edinburgh University. =Index=: =S= Secretary to the Portugal Commission, 220. =W= His sarcastic reference to Glenelg, 42. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._ =Broughton, William Robert= (1762-1821). Born in England. Entered the navy, 1774, and served on the American station until 1778. In 1790 explored and surveyed the Columbia River; and in 1794 surveyed the north-west coast of America. Served in Lord Gambier's expedition, 1809; at Mauritius, 1810, and at Java, 1811. =Index=: =D= Sails a hundred miles up the Columbia, 24; surveys coast northwards of Cape Mendocino, 34. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._ =Brouillan, De.= Born in France. Governor of Placentia, Newfoundland, 1690. Made a chevalier of St. Louis, 1698. In 1701 commandant in Acadia, and governor of that colony, 1702-1705. Died the latter year. =Index=: =F= French governor of Placentia, Newfoundland, 346. =Bib.=: Charlevoix, _History of New France_. =Brouse, W. H.= =R= Graduate of Victoria College, 144.