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

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.