Brereton

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Brereton may refer to:

[edit] Places

• Brereton, Barbados
• Brereton, Staffordshire
• Brereton, Cheshire

[edit] People

• Alexander Picton Brereton (1892-1976), a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Cuthbert A. Brereton (1850-1910), a British civil engineer
• Dan Brereton, a professional artist and illustrator
• Dermott Brereton (b.1964), an Australian rules football player
• John Brereton (1571/72? - 1632?), a British explorer and writer
• John Le Gay Brereton (1871-1933), an Australian poet
• Joseph Lloyd Brereton (1822-1901), an English educational reformer and writer
• Kevin Brereton (b.1972), a Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer
• Laurie Brereton (b.1946), an Australian politician
• Lewis H. Brereton (1890-1967), an American military aviation pioneer
• Patrick Brereton, an author and academic at Dublin City University
• Robert Maitland Brereton (1834–1911), an English railway engineer
• Robert Pearson Brereton (1818-1894), a British engineer and colleague of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
• Thomas Brereton (1782-1831), Irish soldier
• William Brereton refers to several people:
  • William Brereton (d.1536), groom of the privy chamber to Henry VIII
  • Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet (1604-1661), an English soldier, politician, and writer
  • William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton (1611-1664), of Leighlin (or Laghlin) in County Carlow, Ireland

[edit] Others

• Baron Brereton, a title in the Peerage of Ireland
• Brereton Social F.C., a football club based in Brereton in Rugeley, Staffordshire, England.