- Born on August 13, 1815
- Deceased on May 24, 1899, at the age of 83 years
Parents
- Joseph Brett (1790 - 1852), reverend, vicar of Lenham and Ranelagh
- Dorothy Best (1791 - )
Family
- Married in 1850, with Eugénie Mayer (1816 - 1904), issuing
- Eugenie (1863 - 1938)
Occupations
- Master of the Rolls (1883 - 1897)
- solicitor General for England and Wales (1868)
- Member of Parliament for Helston (1866 - 1868)
- Lord justice of the Court of Common Pleas
- Lord Justice of Appeal