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

BRAE, ANDREW EDMUND. Practised as dentist at Leeds to 1872; lived in Guernsey 1872 to death; author of _Literary cookery with reference to matter attributed to Coleridge and Shakespeare_ 1855; _Electrical communication in railway trains_ 1865; _The treatise on the Astrolabe of G. Chaucer, edited by A. E. B._ 1870; wrote many papers on Shakespeare and Chaucer in first series of _Notes and Queries_ under signature of A. E. B. _d._ London 10 Dec. 1881. _bur._ Mont Durand, Guernsey. _Notes and Queries, 6 series vi_, 323 (1882). BRAGGE, WILLIAM (_3 son of Thomas Perry Bragge of Birmingham, manufacturing jeweller_). _b._ Birmingham 31 May 1823; a civil engineer; constructed the first railway line in Brazil namely from Rio Janeiro to Petropolis; knighted and made a chevalier by Emperor of Brazil; partner with John Brown in Atlas Steel works, Sheffield 1858–64 when works were sold to a limited company and he received sum of £50,000, managing director of the company 1864–72; established works at Birmingham for manufacture of watches by machinery 1876 which became English Watch company in 1882; M.I.M.E. 1854, F.S.A. 1870; sold his collection of illuminated manuscripts for £12,272, June 1878, and his collection of 13000 pipes and smoking apparatus for £4,000 Feb. 1882; author of _Bibliotheca Nicotiana, a catalogue of books about tobacco_ 1880. _d._ 59 Hall road, Handsworth, Birmingham 6 June 1884. BRAHAM, CHARLES BAMPFYLDE (_son of the succeeding_). _b._ 20 Dec. 1823; made his first appearance on stage at Princess’s theatre London 26 Oct. 1848 as Adelmar in Leoline; sang in Italy and Portugal with great success. _d._ 103 Ebury st. Pimlico, London 11 June 1884. BRAHAM, JOHN (_son of John Abraham of Goodman’s Fields, London, a German Jew_). _b._ Goodman’s Fields 20 June 1773; pupil of Myer Lyon otherwise Leoni; made his début at Bagnigge Wells assembly rooms; changed his name to Braham 1787; sang at Bath 1794–6, Drury Lane 1796, in Paris 1797 and Italy 1798–1801,at Covent Garden 1801–5 and Drury Lane 1805–24; sang in Italian opera at King’s theatre London 1804–6 and 1816; made £14,000 per annum 1801–24; built St. James’s theatre London in 14 weeks at cost of £36,000 Sep.-Dec. 1835, managed it 1835–9; sang in New York Nov. 1840; composed music to _The Cabinet_ 1801; _Family Quarrells_ 1802 and 10 other dramas. _d._ The Grange, Brompton, London 17 Feb. 1856. _Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography iii_, 145–59 (1825), _portrait_; _Metropolitan Mag. xviii_, 130–42 (1837); _Stirling’s Old Drury Lane ii_, 91–5 (1881); _I.L.N. xx_, 245–6 (1852), _portrait_; P. _Fitzgerald’s Life of C. Lamb iii_, 226, _vi_, 145. BRAID, GEORGE ROSS. _b._ May 1813; made his first appearance in London at Adelphi theatre 29 Sep. 1843; acted at Haymarket theatre many years. _d._ Holly house, Kennington road London 18 Feb. 1878. BRAID, JAMES (_son of Mr. Braid of Rylaw, Fifeshire_). _b._ Rylaw about 1795; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; M.R.C.S. Edin.; surgeon at Manchester; investigated subject of mesmerism 1841; author of _Neurypnology or the rationale of nervous sleep_ 1843; _The power of the mind over the body_ 1846; _Magic, witchcraft, animal magnetism, hypnotism and electro-biology 3 ed._ 1852. _d._ 25 March 1860. _Med. Times and Gaz. i_, 355, 386 (1860); _Manchester Courier 31 March 1860_. BRAIDWOOD, JAMES (_son of Mr. Braidwood of Edinburgh, builder_). _b._ Edinburgh 1800; ed. at the High sch.; engaged in his father’s business; superintendent of Edinburgh fire engines 1823; published his work “_On the construction of Fire Engines and Apparatus, the training of firemen and the method of proceeding in cases of Fire_” 1830; superintendent of London Fire Engine establishment formed by 8 of the Insurance companies 1 Jany. 1833; A.I.C.E. 1833; read many papers on subject of fires at Institute of Civil Engineers and Society of Arts; killed in great fire at Cotton’s wharf, Tooley st. London 22 June 1861 which continued burning for a month and destroyed property of the value of £2,000,000. _J. Braidwood’s Fire prevention with memoir of the author_ (1866), _portrait_; _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxi_, 571–8 (1862). 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.