William Brouncker

Sir William Brouncker (c. 1547 – 1596) was an English landowner with estates in Wiltshire, and a Member of Parliament for Westbury.

He was the eldest son of Henry Brouncker of Melksham and Erlestoke by his second wife Ursula Yate. He was trained in the law, entering the Middle Temple in 1566. He succeeded his father in 1568, becoming a wealthy landowner with estates near Chippenham and Devizes, and property in Westbury. He married Martha, the daughter of Sir Walter Mildmay, the following year

As a substantial local landowner, he secured his own election and that of his younger brother Henry as MP for Westbury in 1572. He represented Westbury again in 1584.

Children He and Martha had a son and four daughters: Mary, married John Wynter of Dyrham, Gloucestershire Elizabeth, married Hugh Halswell