He was the son of William Rastall Brewill (1804–1897) and Sophia (1820–1886). He was educated at University School with a private tutor. He married Clementine Katherine Thornley in 1881 in Saint Andrew"s Church, Nottingham.
They had 3 sons and 2 daughters.
Arthur William Lancelot Brewill (Commander Registered Nurse d 1966)
Lionel Colin Brewill (1889–1943)
Basil Herbert Brewill (1895–1973)
Winifred Irene Brewill (b 1885)
Dorothy Sophia Brewill (b 1888).
He was educated at University School with a private tutor. He studied architecture under Samuel Dutton Walker in Nottingham from 1877–1882.
He was made Lieutenant in the Robin Hood Rifles in 1881 which became the 7th (Robin Hood) Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters, taking over command of the Battalion on 31 July 1915 at Hooge when they were ordered to dig a new trench and connect the British line where it had been captured by the Germans. He studied at the Nottingham School of Art in 1882. He became a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects on 21 November 1892, and was Surveyor to the Diocese of Southwell.
1 Hounds Gate, Nottingham 1883 88-94 Derby Road, Nottingham 1884 Beeston Police Station (now Manor Pharmacy) Riseholme (private house), Mapperley Park, Nottingham 1 Magdala Road, Mapperley Park, Nottingham New Bolsover model village, Old Bolsover, Derbyshire 1891–1894 Saint John"s Church, Colston Bassett 1892 Albert Mill, Gamble Street, Nottingham 1893 Church of the Holy Rood, Edwalton 1894 104–106 Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham 1895–1897 Bardencroft, Tweed Street, Saltburn 1897 Turkish Baths, Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham 1898 (demolished 1962) Street John the Baptist, South Witham, Lincolnshire 1898–1901 29 and 31, (Ram Hotel), Long Row, Nottingham 1899 Creswell CofE Infants School, Elmton Road, Elmton, Bolsover, Derbyshire 1900 Long Eaton Wesleyan Methodist Church 1903–1904 Edwalton Hall, Nottingham 1907 Carriageway Block, Queens Road, Nottingham 1908 Territorial Headquarters for the 7th Sherwood Foresters, Derby Road, Nottingham (later used by the Post Office, and now residential accommodation) 1910–1912 Nottingham Road Methodist Church, Mansfield 1913 Pedestrian Bridge over Hounds Gate, Nottingham 1920–1921 War Memorial at Burton Joyce 1920 Albert Ball Memorial Homes, Lenton, Nottingham 1921 Memorial to Captain Albert Ball Venture capital in Nottingham Castle 1921 Memorial to the Robin Hood Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters in the chancel of Street Mary"s Church, Nottingham 1921 War Memorial at Nottingham High School 1922 War Memorial at Crich, Derbyshire 1923 The Red House, 256 Melton Road, Edwalton 1896.
