[4] The son of The Rev William Thomas Bree, MA, Rector of Allesley[5] he was educated at Bridgnorth Endowed School[6] and Merton College, Oxford.
[7] He was ordained in 1848, and was curate at Polebrook until 1863, when he succeeded his father at Allesley.
[8] He married firstly, in 1853, Mary Duke;[9] and, secondly, Sophy Adèle Biggs.
[10] His great nephew, the actor James Bree, was patron of the benefice until his death in 2008.
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