BRIAN, a learned English bishop, born in 1589 at Lewisham in Kent, of which place his father was then vicar. In 1634, he was instituted chancellor of the church at Sarum, and soon after made chaplain to Charles I. He was appointed tutor to Charles prince of Wales, and his brother James duke of York; was made bishop of Chichester; and in 1641 translated to Salisbury, though the confusions that followed deprived him of all be-nefit from his promotion. Charles I. held him in high esteem, and he is said to have assisted the king in composing the Eikon Basilike. On the Restoration he was made bishop of Winchester, and lord high almoner; but died in 1662. He bequeathed large sums to charitable purposes; and published a few sermons, with other religious pieces.