of Brereton as a boy with his maternal grandfather, Joseph Wilson, was painted by Sir David Wilkie. A second portrait, by George Richmond, R.A., with a companion portrait of his wife, was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1868; both are now at West Buckland School, where there is also a bust of Brereton was placed there in 1861 by Hugh, Earl Fortescue. Publications His writings, beside pamphlets, and sermons, include: County Education: a Contribution of Experiments, Estimates and Suggestions (1874) The Higher Life, (1874), a blank verse exposition of New Testament teaching Musings in Faith and other Poems, (1885) Sources The Alfred Jubilee, The Times (29 October 1849, p 8) Obituary, The Times, (17 August 1901) Owen, W.B.: in Dictionary of National Biography, (1912) Honey, J.R.deS.: Tom Brown's Universe, (1977) Searby, P.: in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2004) References 19th-century English educators People educated at Rugby School Alumni of University College, Oxford Founders of English schools and colleges People educated at Islington Proprietary School 1822 births 1901 deaths People from King's Lynn and West Norfolk (district) 19th-century British philanthropists