Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

BOYS, THOMAS SHOTTER. _b._ Pentonville, London 2 Jany. 1803; articled to George Cooke, engraver; a member of Institute of Painters in water colours; exhibited 2 pictures at Royal Academy and 14 at Suffolk st. gallery 1824–58; lithographed the works of David Roberts and Clarkson Stanfield 1837; published _Picturesque architecture in Paris_ 1839 which was much admired; _Original views of London as it is_ 1843; drew illustrations to Blackie’s _History of England_; etched some plates for Ruskin’s _Stones of Venice_. _d._ of paralysis at 30 Acacia road, Marylebone, London 10 Oct. 1874. BRABAZON, LUKE (_elder son of Hugh Higgins of Brabazon park, co. Mayo who d. 26 April 1864 aged 63_). _b._ 23 March 1832; 2 Lieut. R.A 20 June 1849; second captain 23 Aug. 1855 to death; deputy assistant quartermaster general; changed his name to Brabazon 1854; author of _Soldiers and their science_ 1860; went with admiral Hope to Tang-chow, China Aug. 1860, captured by Tartar general San-ko-lin-sin 18 Sep. 1860; executed by the Chinese on the bridge at Palikao 21 Sep. 1860. _Boulger’s History of China iii_, 499–521 (1884). BRACEBRIDGE, CHARLES HOLTE (_only son of Abraham Bracebridge of Atherstone hall, Atherstone, Warws. who d. 21 Aug. 1832_). _b._ 19 March 1799; ed. at Merton coll. Ox.; went with Florence Nightingale to Constantinople Oct. 1854; author of _A letter on the affairs of Greece_ 1850; _Shakespeare no deerstealer, or a short account of Fulbroke park near Stratford-on-Avon_ 1862. _d._ of heart disease at Atherstone hall 13 July 1872. BRACKENBURY, SIR EDWARD (_2 son of Richard Brackenbury of Aswardby, co. Lincoln_). _b._ 1785; ensign 61 Foot 1803, served in Peninsula 1809–14; attached to Portuguese and Spanish army 1814–16; major 28 Foot 1 Nov. 1827 to 31 Jany. 1828 when placed on h.p.; lieut. col. 10 Jany. 1837; retired from the service 1847; K.T.S. 1824, K.S.F.; knighted at Windsor Castle 26 Aug. 1836. _d._ Skendleby hall near Spilsby, co. Lincoln 1 June 1864. BRACKENBURY, REV. JOSEPH. _b._ Langton, Lincolnshire 1788; a student at C.C. coll. Cam. 28 Oct. 1808, B.A. 1811, M.A. 1819; chaplain Madras establishment 1812–19; chaplain and secretary to Magdalen hospital Blackfriars road London 1828–56; R. of Quendon, Essex 1862 to death; author of _Natale solum and other poetical pieces_