a town in England, in the county of Suffolk, hundred of Lackford, on the Little Ouse or Brandon river, 88 miles from London by rail. In the neighbourhood of the town are numerous flint-quarries, which during the last war supplied the army with gun-flints. Its trade in this article has been wholly destroyed since the introduction of the percussion cap. Brandon anciently gave its name to the Dukes of Suffolk, and the title of baron to the Earls of Macclesfield. It now gives his English title to the Duke of Hamilton. Pop. (1851) 2022.