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BRAITHWAITE, Rev. George. b. Kendal 15 April 1818; ed. at Sedbergh sch. and Queen’s coll. Ox., B.A. 1840, M.A. 1843; C. of Perry Barr, Staffs. 1847–51; V. of St. Peter the Great, Chichester 1851–68; sub-dean of Chichester cathedral 1853–68; author of Sonnets and other poems 1851, 2 ed. 1875. d. Beechfield, Carnforth, Lancashire 2 April 1875. Sonnets by the late Rev. G. Braithwaite , 2 ed. 1875 preface .

BRAITHWAITE, John ( 3 son of John Braithwaite of London, engineer who d. June 1818 ). b. 1 Bath place, New road London 19 March 1797; engineer in London 1818–44; ventilated House of Lords by means of air pumps 1820; constructed the first practical steam fire engine; engineer of Eastern Counties railway 1836–43; joint founder with J. C. Robertson of the Railway Times 1837, sole proprietor 1837–45 when his affairs were wound up; surveyed lines in France 1844–46; F.S.A. 1819, M.I.C.E. 1838; author of Supplement to Capt. Sir John Ross’s Narrative of a second voyage in search of a North-West passage 1835. d. 8 Clifton gardens, Paddington London 25 Sep. 1870. Mechanic’s Mag. xiii , 235–7, 377–88, 417–9 (1830), portrait ; Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxxi , 207–11 (1871).

BRAME, Benjamin. Attorney at Ipswich 1798 to death; bailiff of Ipswich 1820 and 1822; the first mayor of Ipswich 1835. d. 21 July 1851 aged 78. G.M. xxxvi , 332 (1851).

BRAMSTON, Thomas William ( elder son of Thomas Gardiner Bramston of Skreens, Essex 1770–1831, M.P. for Essex ). b. 30 Oct. 1796; ed. at Winchester and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1819, M.A. 1823; fellow of All Souls’ college; M.P. for South Essex 19 Jany. 1835 to 6 July 1865. d. 30 Eccleston sq. London 21 May 1871.

BRAMWELL, John ( son of Rev. Wm. Bramwell, Wesleyan minister who d. 1818 ). b. 24 April 1794; attorney at Durham 1815; alderman of Durham 1835–52; mayor 1840, 41, 45, 52 and 1853; undersheriff of co. Durham 1840; recorder of Durham and steward of Court Leet and Court Baron of city of Durham March 1860 to death. d. Framwell gate, Durham 25 Nov. 1882.

BRANCKER, Sir Thomas ( eld. child of Peter Whitfield Brancker of Liverpool 1750–1836 ). b. Liverpool 17 Sep. 1783; sugar refiner at Liverpool; mayor of Liverpool 1830; knighted at St. James’s palace, London 13 Sep. 1831. d. Mount Pleasant, Liverpool 13 Feb. 1853.

BRANCKER, William Godefroy ( son of W. Brancker of Erbstock hall, Ruabon ). b. 27 March 1834; ed. at Em. coll. Cam.; lieut. R.A. 6 March 1856; lieut. col. 4 Oct. 1882 to death; instructor in artillery at Woolwich 1872–80; C.B. 18 Nov. 1882. d. Ipswich 22 May 1885.

BRAND, Sir Christoffel Joseph ( son of Johannes Henricus Brand, member of Court of Justice in Cape Colony ). b. 1797; ed. at Leyden, doctor in philosophy and law 1820; admitted advocate in Court of Justice, Cape of Good Hope 1821; member of legislative council 1850; speaker of house of assembly 1854 to death; knighted by patent 24 May 1860. d. 20 May 1875.

BRAND, Ferdinand. Comptroller of Bridge house estates, City of London 1839 to Dec. 1878, and of the Chamber, City of London 1854 to Dec. 1878. d. Craigmillar, Avenue road, Crouch End 1 Nov. 1880 in 80 year.

BRAND, George. b. Arbuthnott, Aberdeenshire 1816; ed. at King’s coll. Aberdeen, B.A., M.A.; vice consul at Loanda 27 Dec. 1844 to 31 July 1856; author of various Reports including a very able one on the Decree of the Portuguese government for registration and emancipation of slaves in the Colonial possessions of Portugal; consul at Lagos, West Africa 10 June 1859 to death. d. on board H.M.’s steamer Alecto 16 June 1860.

BRAND, John. b. Armenia; lived some time there; compiled a dictionary of the Armenian language, shutting himself up in a convent for that purpose; had an estate at Sutton near Ipswich; a successful batsman for about 15 seasons in great cricket matches, played his first match at Lords 31 May 1815; one of the very best amateur boxers and chess-players. d. in a private lunatic asylum at Ticehurst, Sussex April 1856 aged 66.

BRAND, William Allan. Editor of the Montrose Review . d. Inchbridge near Montrose 7 Feb. 1869 aged 31.

BRAND, William. b. Blackhouse parish of Peterhead 1807; a writer to the signet 1834; partner in firm of Scott and Balderston of Edinburgh; secretary to Union Bank of Scotland, Edin. 1846 to death; a founder of Botanical Society of Edin. 8 Feb. 1836, treasurer 17 March 1836, contributed many papers, enriched its herbarium with many thousand specimens of plants; discovered several rare and new plants in Scotland. d. Edinburgh 15 Oct. 1869. Trans. of Botanical Soc. of Edin. x , 284–8 (1870).

BRANDARD, Robert. b. Birmingham 1805; landscape engraver in London 1826 to death; engraved plates for Turner’s England and Rivers of England and other books, also for the Art Journal ; produced some etchings from his own designs, one series of which was published by the Art Union 1864; painted both in oils and water-colours; exhibited 3 pictures at R.A., 21 at British Institution and 32 at Suffolk st. gallery 1831–58. d. Campden hill, Kensington, London 7 Jany. 1862.

BRANDE, Everard Augustus ( eld. son of Augustus Everard Brande of Arlington st. London, apothecary to George iii. ) b. Arlington st. 1776; ed. at Westminster sch.; studied at St. George’s hospital 1795; apothecary to George iii and Queen Charlotte 1801; apothecary to William iv and Queen Adelaide 1830–33 when he retired from practice; a member of first Court of Examiners of Society of Apothecaries 1815; presented to College of Phys. valuable collection of Materia Medica made by Dr. Burgess. d. Sulhamstead house, Turnham-Green, London 11 Dec. 1868. Reg. and mag. of biog. i , 312 (1869).

BRANDE, George William ( brother of the preceding ). Chief clerk of the Treasury many years. d. Exeter 18 June 1854 aged 69.

BRANDE, William Thomas ( brother of the preceding ). b. Arlington st. 11 Jany. or Feb. 1788; ed. at Westminster; began lecturing on chemistry 1808; F.R.S. 13 April 1809, Copley medallist 1813, one of secretaries 1816–26; professor of chemistry to Apothecaries company 4 Nov. 1812 and professor of materia medica 1813, master of the Company 1851; professor of chemistry at Royal Institution May 1813 to 1854; superintendent of die department of Mint 1825 and of coining department 1854; edited with M. Faraday Quarterly journal of science and arts 1816–36; author of Outlines of geology 1817, 2 ed. 1829; A manual of chemistry 1819, 6 ed. 2 vols. 1848; A manual of pharmacy 1825, 3 ed. 1833; edited A dictionary of science literature and art 1842, 3 ed. 1853. d. Tunbridge Wells 11 Feb. 1866. Proc. of Royal Society xvi , 2–6 (1868); S. Muspratt’s Chemistry vol. 1 (1853), portrait .

BRANDLING, John James. Second lieut. R.A. 19 March 1839; lieut. col. 8 March 1860 to death; C.B. 5 July 1855. d. Woodsley house, Leeds 16 April 1860 aged 39.

BRANDON, John Raphael. b. 1817; articled to W. Parkinson, architect 1836; practised at Beaufort buildings, Strand, London with his brother Joshua Arthur Brandon 1841–7 when the latter died; joint architect with Robert Ritchie of Catholic Apostolic church, Gordon sq. London, opened 1 Jany. 1854; architect of St. Peter’s church, Great Windmill st. Piccadilly 1861; one of the 11 architects who competed for Royal Courts of Justice, London 1867; author with his brother of Analysis of Gothick architecture 2 vols. 1847; Views of English ecclesiastical structures 1848, new ed. 2 vols. 1858; Open timber roofs of the middle ages 1849; Railways and the Public 1868, 8 ed. 1871; shot himself at his chambers 17 Clement’s Inn, Strand, London 8 Oct. 1877.