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1849. _d._ Sealkote Bengal 10 July 1857 aged 55.
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BRINDLE, VERY REV. THOMAS. _b._ Walton-le-Dale, Lancs. 18 Dec. 1791;
ed. at Benedictine coll. Ampleforth, Yorks.; ordained priest Sep.
1815; administrator of Western diocese and Grand Vicar March 1829
to 1830; regent of college at Prior park, Bath 1830 to Nov. 1849;
vicar general of diocese of Clifton 1850 an office which he held
at various periods for 21 years; provost of the Cathedral Chapter
1852; domestic prelate to Pope Gregory xvi, 1854; received many
persons into R.C. church during Tractarian movement. _d._ Bath 13
Dec. 1871. _Tablet 23 Dec. 1871._
BRINE, GEORGE (_3 son of James Brine, admiral R.N. who d. 1814_).
Entered navy Feb. 1797; captain 7 Dec. 1818; retired 1 Oct. 1846;
retired admiral 23 March 1863. _d._ Richmond, Surrey 16 Nov. 1864
aged 79.
BRINTON, WILLIAM (_2 son of Henry Brinton of Kidderminster, carpet
manufacturer who d. about 1856_). _b._ Kidderminster 20 Nov. 1823;
matric. at Univ. of London 1843, M.B. 1847, M.D. 1848; M.R.C.P.
1849, F.R.C.P. 1854, Croonian lecturer 1859; medical tutor at
King’s college, London 1850–3; lecturer on forensic medicine at
St. Thomas’s hospital 1853; phys. to Royal free hospital 1852–60
and to St. Thomas’s hospital 1860 to Nov. 1864; member of Alpine
Club; F.R.S. 1864; author of _Bürger’s Leonora, Englished_ [_by
W.B._] 1850; _On the medical selection of lives for insurance_
1856, _3 ed._ 1861; _The diseases of the stomach_ 1859. _d._ 24
Brook st. Grosvenor sq. London 17 Jany. 1867. _Proc. of Royal Soc.
xvi_, 6–8 (1865).
BRISBANE, SIR THOMAS MACDOUGALL (_eld. son of Thomas Brisbane of
Largs, Ayrshire who d. 1812 aged 92_). _b._ Brisbane house, Largs
23 July 1773; ensign 38 Foot 9 April 1789; lieut. col. 69 Foot 4
April 1800 to 30 May 1805 when placed on h.p.; commanded 1 brigade
of 3 division in Peninsula 1812 to end of the war; commanded
brigade in Canada 1813 and a brigade in army of occupation in
France and afterwards the second division there; governor of New
South Wales 1 Dec. 1821 to 1 Dec. 1825; colonel 34 Foot 16 Dec.
1826 to death; general 23 Nov. 1841; fought in 14 general actions
and 23 other battles; erected an observatory near Brisbane house
1808, another at Paramatta near Sydney opened 2 May 1822 and a
third at Makerstown near Kelso 1826 to which he added a magnetic
station 1841 only one in Scotland; F.R.S. 10 May 1810; F.R.S.
Edin. 1811, pres. 1832; gold medallist of Royal Astronom. Soc.
1828; F.G.S. 1833; pres. of British Assoc. at Edin. 1834; G.C.H.
1831; baronet 22 Feb. 1836; G.C.B. 6 Feb. 1837. _d._ Brisbane
house 27 Jany. 1860. _Reminiscences of Sir T. M. Brisbane
privately printed_ 1860; _Proc. of Royal Soc. xi_, 3–7 (1860);
_Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xxi_, 98–100 (1861);
_G.M. viii_, 298–302 (1860).
BRISCO, SIR ROBERT, 3 Baronet. _b._ Crofton hall, Carlisle 17 Sep.
1808; succeeded 1 Oct. 1862; became a pledged abstainer 1858, vice
pres. of United Kingdom Alliance, lectured frequently on
temperance. _d._ Crofton hall 23 Dec. 1884.
BRISCO, SIR WASTELL, 2 Baronet. _b._ 17 May 1778; succeeded 27 Dec.
1806; sheriff of Cumberland 1813. _d._ Crofton hall 1 Oct. 1862.
BRISCOE, JOHN IVATT (_son of John Briscoe of Cross Deep,
Twickenham_). _b._ Twickenham 1791; ed. at Ealing and Univ. coll.
Ox., B.A. 1812, M.A. 1815; M.P. for Surrey 1830–32, for East
Surrey 1832–34, for Westbury 1837–41 and for West Surrey 1857 to
death. _d._ 60 Eaton place, London 16 Aug. 1870.
BRISCOE, JOSEPH. _b._ Wilmount, co. Kilkenny; ed. at Trin. coll.
Dublin; went to United States 1854; connected as civil engineer
with many important public works in Pennsylvania coalfields;
enlisted in First New York Volunteers at outbreak of the civil
war; chief of the staff of Tenth army corps; colonel of 199
regiment Pennsylvania volunteers; commanded a brigade at capture
of Petersburg; stormed Fort Gregg for which he was brevetted
general; pres. of Examining board for officers in regular army.
_d._ New York 24 May 1869 aged 35.
BRISTOL, FREDERICK WILLIAM HERVEY, 1 Marquis of (_younger son of
Right Rev. Frederic Augustus Hervey, bishop of Derry, 4 Earl of
Bristol 1730–1803_). _b._ 2 June 1769; ed. at St. John’s coll.
Cam., M.A. 1788, LLD. 1811; ensign 1 Foot Guards 1788–92; M.P. for
Bury St. Edmunds 27 May 1796 to 8 July 1803 when he succeeded;
under sec. of state for foreign affairs 20 Feb. 1801 to 8 Nov.
1803; F.R.S. 23 May 1805; created Marquis of Bristol and Earl
Jermyn of Horning’s Heath, Suffolk 30 June 1826. _d._ 6 St.
James’s sq. London 15 Feb. 1859. _Doyle’s Official baronage of
England i_, 242 (1886), _portrait_.
BRISTOL, FREDERICK WILLIAM HERVEY, 2 Marquis of (_eld. son of the
preceding_). _b._ Portland place, London 15 July 1800; ed. at
Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1822, LLD. 1862; M.P. for Bury St. Edmunds
12 June 1826 to 15 Feb. 1859 when he succeeded; treasurer of Royal
household 9 Sep. 1841 to 6 July 1846; P.C. 6 Oct. 1841; colonel of
West Suffolk militia 25 March 1846 to death. _d._ Ickworth park,
Bury St. Edmunds 30 Oct. 1864.
BRISTOW, ALFRED RHODES (_youngest son of Isaac Bristow of Greenwich,
government contractor_). _b._ Greenwich 20 Dec. 1819; ed. at
King’s college London; admitted solicitor 1842, head of firm of
Bristow and Tarrant of London and Greenwich; represented Greenwich
and Deptford at Metropolitan Board of Works 1856–62; solicitor to
the Admiralty 1862 to death; barrister G.I. 17 Nov. 1868; M.P. for
Kidderminster 30 April 1859 to May 1862; treasurer of Westminster
Chess Club Oct. 1870 to death; fell down dead on leaving railway
station at Sydenham 5 April 1875. _Westminster Papers viii_, 14
(1876), _portrait_.
BRISTOW, HENRY. _b._ 1786; cornet 1 Life Guards 14 Feb. 1805; major
11 Foot 20 Jany. 1814 to 27 April 1815 when placed on h.p.; M.G.
20 June 1854. _d._ Madrid 22 Nov. 1874.
BRISTOWE, EDMUND (_son of Mr. Bristowe of Windsor, heraldic
printer_). _b._ Windsor 1 April 1787; made sketches of public
characters in Eton and Windsor; exhibited 7 pictures at R.A., 12
at B.I. and 8 at Suffolk st. gallery 1809–38; some of his works
are in the royal collection at Windsor. _d._ Eton 12 Feb. 1876.
BRITTAIN, THOMAS. _b._ Sheffield 2 Jany. 1806; a professional
accountant; lived at Manchester about 1842 to death; lectured on
natural science at mechanics’ and similar institutions; vice.
pres. of Manchester Microscopical Society 1879, then pres.; author
of _Half a dozen songs by Brittannicus_ 1846 _privately printed_;
_Micro-fungi, when and where to find them_ 1882; _Whist, how to
play and how to win_ 1882. _d._ Manchester 23 Jany. 1884. _Axon’s
Field Naturalist_ (1882), _p._ 148; _Unitarian Herald 1 Feb.
1884_.
BRITTON, JOHN (_eld. son of Mr. Britton of Kington St. Michael near
Chippenham Wilts., farmer_). _b._ Kington St. Michael 7 July 1771;
author of _The beauties of Wiltshire 3 vols._ 1801–25; _The
architectural antiquities of Great Britain 4 vols._ 1805–14;
_Cathedral antiquities of England 14 vols._ 1814–35; _Dictionary
of the architecture and archæology of the middle ages 4 parts_
1830–8; edited with E. W. Brayley _The beauties of England and
Wales 10 vols._ 1801–14; granted civil list pension of £75, 5
April 1852. _d._ Burton cottage Burton st. London 1 Jany. 1857.
_Autobiography of John Britton_ 1850; _G.M. ii_, 126, 185–92, 258
(1857).
BRIZZI, SIGNOR, stage name of Francesco Achille Scipione Bisteghi
(_son of Giovanni Bisteghi, general in army of Napoleon I_). _b._
Milan 16 April 1810; pupil at Royal Academy of Music, London Sep.
1828 to Dec. 1831; fought in Piedmontese army against the
Austrians 1848; greatly assisted Benjamin Lumley in organising new
company for Her Majesty’s theatre London 1855, director of the
company on its Continental tour 1856. _d._ 47 Grove road, Regent’s
park, London 24 Aug. 1884. _Illust. sporting and dramatic news
xxii_, 27 (1884).
BROADBRIDGE, WILLIAM, _b._ Duncton near Petworth, Sussex 1 Oct.
1790; a farmer there; played in cricket matches 1813–40; played
his first match at Lords (Sussex _v._ Epsom) 2–6 July 1817 when
1047 runs were made altogether, being largest number ever made
down to 1861 or later; a good batsman and wicket keeper; in a
match Sussex _v._ Hampshire and Surrey 7 Aug. 1826 he performed
extraordinary feat of stumping 7 men and catching 2. _d._ Duncton
19 April 1860.
BROADHEAD, HENRY (_6 son of Theodore Henry Broadhead of Holly Grove,
Windsor, M.P. 1767–1820_). _b._ 25 April 1806; entered navy 6
April 1820; captain 27 June 1846; admiral on half pay 1 Aug. 1877.
_d._ Walton on Thames 20 May 1878.
BROADHEAD, WILLIAM. Secretary of Saw Grinders Union at Sheffield
from 1848 in connection with which a great many outrages were
committed; treasurer of United Kingdom Alliance of organised
trades; kept an inn in Carver st. Sheffield to 22 Aug. 1867 when
magistrates refused to renew his license; went to America Nov.
1869 but failed to find employment there; lectured upon his own
career; a grocer in Meadow st. Sheffield to death; he is the
villain under name of Grotait of Charles Reade’s novel _Put
yourself in his place_. _d._ Meadow st. Sheffield 15 March 1879
aged about 60. _Sheffield Daily Telegraph 17 March 1879 p. 4_,
_col. 2_; _Trades unions commission, Sheffield outrages inquiry
vol. 2 Minutes of evidence_ (1867) 222–51.
BROADLEY, HENRY, _b._ 1793; chairman of Hull and Selby railway
1836–43; M.P. for east riding of Yorkshire 10 Aug. 1837 to death.
_d._ 3 Charles st. St. James’s square, London 8 Aug. 1851 in 58
year. _bur._ Holy Trinity church Hull 16 Aug.
BROCK, THOMAS SAUMAREZ. Entered navy 9 Feb. 1815; captain 13 Nov.
1850; held possession of Eupatoria against the Russians 15 Sep.
1854 to 25 Dec. 1854; superintendent agent of transports at Genoa
15 March 1855; retired R.A. 20 March 1867; C.B. 5 July 1855;
knight of St. Maurice and Lazare 1856. _d._ The hermitage,
Guernsey 28 April 1873 in 73 year.
BROCK, REV. WILLIAM (_eld. child of Wm. Brock of Honiton, Devon,
Unitarian baptist who d. 20 June 1811_). _b._ Honiton 14 Feb.
1807; ed. at Culmstock and Honiton; apprenticed to a watchmaker at
Sidmouth Sep. 1820 to March 1828; a journeyman watchmaker at
Hertford 1828–29; studied at Derby and Stepney baptist college;
pastor of baptist chapel in parish of St. Mary’s Norwich 1833–48;
pastor of Bloomsbury chapel London 5 Dec. 1848 to 30 Sep. 1872;
D.D. Harvard 1859; held his first service in London theatres, at
the Britannia theatre Hoxton 18 Dec. 1859; pres. of London Baptist
association Nov. 1865; went to the United States 1866; pres. of
Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland 1869; author of
_Fraternal appeals to young men; Sacramental religion_ 1850; _A
biographical sketch of Sir Henry Havelock_ 1858; _Midsummer
morning sermons_ 1872. _d._ Orwell house, St. Leonards 13 Nov.
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