Brinley Newton-John

Brief Life History of Brinley

When Brinley Newton-John was born on 5 March 1914, in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Oliver John, was 33 and his mother, Daisy Newton, was 30. He married Irene Helene Born in 1937, in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died on 3 July 1992, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 78, and was buried in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Brinley Newton-John
1914–1992
Irene Helene Born
1914–2003
Marriage: 1937
Dr. Hugh Francis Newton-John
1940–2019
Rona Newton-John
1941–2013
Olivia Newton-John
1948–2022

Sources (3)

  • Brinley Newton-John, "Find A Grave Index"
  • John Brinley Newton-John, "United Kingdom, Outgoing Passenger Lists, 1890-1960"
  • John B (Brindley) Newton-John, "England and Wales National Register, 1939"

World Events (8)

1918

WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.

1918

Australian troops sent to fight in South African War.

1939

Australia joins Britain in declaration of war on Germany.

Name Meaning

Transferred use of the surname, which is probably a variant of Brindley, a local name from a place in Cheshire, so named from Old English berned ‘burnt’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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