For example his father had been treasurer of Ipswich Corporation from 1806 to 1808 Benjamin Brame junior the filled this role from 1809 until 1829.

Brame was a solicitor with offices in Lower Brook Street, St. Peter's Parish.

[1] He was one of the ten aldermen established by the Municipal Corporations Act, and aligned with the Whig party.

He was nominated for mayor by Frederick Francis Seekamp and seconded by William May.

[1] Brame had been a burgess and supported Henry Baring in the 1818 United Kingdom general election, in which Baring was narrowly defeated by William Newton.