He was the younger son of Thomas Gardiner Bramston, who owned Skreens estate in Roxwell, Essex and was a member of Parliament for Essex, and the younger brother of Thomas William Bramston, who inherited Skreens and was an Member of Parliament for South Essex.
Oriel College.
He was also a descendant of his namesakes Sir John Bramston, the elder and the latter"s son Sir John Bramston, the younger. He went to Oriel College, Oxford and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1823. He became vicar of Great Baddow, Essex in 1831 and vicar of Witham in 1840.
He became Dean of Winchester in October 1872 and resigned the post in 1883.
He remarried Anna Hanbury in 1846.
