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

BROMLEY, SIR ROBERT HOWE, 3 Baronet (_only son of Sir George Smith, 2 baronet 1753–1808, who assumed surname of Bromley 1778_). _b._ Stoke near Newark 28 Nov. 1778; entered navy 26 Dec. 1791; captain 28 April 1802; placed on h.p. 1809; admiral 17 Aug. 1851; succeeded his father 17 Aug. 1808. _d._ Stoke 8 July 1857. BROMLEY, VALENTINE WALTER (_eld. son of Wm. Bromley of St. John’s Wood, London_). _b._ London 14 Feb. 1848; contributed many illustrations to _Illustrated London News_; an associate of Institute of painters in water colours; exhibited 5 pictures at R.A. and 22 at Suffolk st. gallery 1865–77; his picture of Troilus and Cressida is engraved in _Art Journal_ 1873. _d._ Fallows Green, Harpenden 30 April 1877. _I.L.N. lxx_, 469 (1877), _portrait_. BROMLEY-DAVENPORT, WILLIAM (_eld. son of Rev. Walter Davenport-Bromley of Wooton hall, Staffs. 1787–1862_). _b._ Capesthorn near Crewe 20 Aug. 1821; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox.; lieut. col. Staffordshire yeomanry cavalry 13 July 1864 to death; M.P. for North Warwickshire Dec. 1864 to death; assumed name of Bromley-Davenport in lieu of Davenport-Bromley 1868; aide-de-camp to the Queen 15 Aug. 1883 to death; author of many hunting songs and of an article entitled _Fox hunting_ in _The Nineteenth Century June 1883_. _d._ Lichfield 15 June 1884. _Waagen’s Treasures of art iii_, 371–80 (1854); _I.L.N. lxxxv_, 629 (1884), _portrait_; _Baily’s Mag. xlii_, 385 (1884). BRONTE, CHARLOTTE MARY HOOD, Duchess of (_only dau. of Wm. Nelson, 1 Earl Nelson 1757–1835_). _b._ 20 Sep. 1787; succeeded her father as Duchess of Bronte in Sicily 28 Feb. 1835. (_m._ 3 July 1810 Samuel Hood, 2 Baron Bridport 1788–1868). _d._ Cricket, St. Thomas 29 Jany. 1873. _Earl Nelson v. Lord Bridport, 6 Beavan, Reports in Chancery_ 295–305 (1845); _7 Beavan_ 195–202 (1846); _8 Beavan_ 527–74 (1847). BRONTE, CHARLOTTE (_3 child of the succeeding_). _b._ Hartshead 21 April 1816; ed. at Cowan’s Bridge, Yorkshire 1824–5, and at Miss Wooler’s school Roehead, Yorkshire 1831–2 where she was teacher 29 July 1835 to Dec. 1837; learnt French in Brussels 1842–3. (_m._ 19 June 1854 Rev. Arthur Bell Nicholls, C. of Haworth); author with her sisters Emily and Anne of _Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell_ 1846; _Jane Eyre an autobiography edited by Currer Bell 3 vols._ 1847; _Shirley, a tale by Currer Bell 3 vols._ 1849; _Villette by Currer Bell 3 vols._ 1853; _The professor, a tale_ [_edited by A. B. Nicholls_] _2 vols._ 1857. _d._ Haworth parsonage 31 March 1855. _Mrs. Gaskell’s Life of C. Bronte 2 vols._ 1857, _portrait_; _C. Bronte, a monograph by T. W. Reid_ 1877; _The Bronte family by F. A. Leyland_ 1886; _G. B. Smith’s Poets and novelists_ (1875) 207–50; _W. Smith’s Old Yorkshire_ (1883) 124–30, _portrait_; _P. Bayne’s Two great Englishwomen_ (1881) 155–340; _Illust. Review iv_, 257–65, _portrait_. BRONTE, REV. PATRICK (_son of Hugh Prunty of Ahaderg, Downshire_). _b._ Ahaderg 17 March 1777; opened a school at Drumgooland, Downshire 1793; changed his name to Bronte about 1801; entered St. John’s coll. Cam. Oct. 1802, B.A. 1806; ordained to a curacy in Essex; C. of Hartshead, Yorkshire 1811; P.C. of Thornton near Bradford 1814–20; Inc. of Haworth near Bradford 25 Feb. 1820 to death; author of _Cottage poems_ 1811; _The rural minstrel_ 1813 and of a tract called, _The cottage in a wood, or the art of becoming rich and happy_ 1818 _reprinted_ 1859, he is partly represented as Mr. Helstone in his daughter’s novel _Shirley_. _d._ Haworth parsonage 7 June 1861. _Dict, of nat. biog. vi_, 406–13 (1886). BROOK, CHARLES (_son of James Brook of Huddersfield, banker and cotton spinner at Meltham_). _b._ Upperhead row, Huddersfield 18 Nov. 1814; partner with his father 1840; made many improvements in machinery; founded Convalescent Home at Huddersfield at cost of £40,000 where there is a portrait of him by Samuel Howell; purchased Enderby hall near Leicester 1865 at cost of £150,000; rebuilt Enderby church 1865. _d._ Enderby hall 10 July 1872. BROOKE, SIR ARTHUR BRINSLEY, 2 Baronet. _b._ 1797; succeeded 24 March 1834; M.P. for co. Fermanagh 30 April 1840 to death. _d._ Colebrooke, co. Fermanagh 20 Nov. 1854. BROOKE, CHARLES. _b._ in the Mint Exeter 8 Aug. 1777; ed. at English academy Liege; took part in emigration to Stonyhurst 1794; ordained at Maynooth 12 June 1802; entered Society of Jesus at Hodder Place near Stonyhurst 26 Sep. 1803; missioner at Clayton, Enfield Sep. 1817; provincial 1826–32; superior of Seminary adjacent to Stonyhurst college 30 July 1834; visitor of Ireland June 1842 to July 1843; rector of St. Aloysius’ college 1843–5; sent to Exeter 11 Sep. 1845 to gather materials for continuation of history of English province of Society of Jesus from 1635. _d._ in same room in which he had been born at Exeter 6 Oct. 1852. BROOKE, CHARLES (_son of Henry James Brooke 1771–1857_). _b._ 30 June 1804; ed. at Chiswick, Rugby and St. John’s coll. Cam., 23 wrangler 1827, B.A. 1827, B.M. 1828, M.A. 1853; M.R.C.S. 1834, F.R.C.S. 1844; pres. of Meteorological and Microscopical Societies; invented the bead suture, a great improvement in treatment of deep wounds; invented self recording meteorological instruments which register their variations by means of photography; fellow of Royal Med. and Chir. Soc. 1844, councillor, librarian and vice. pres. successively; F.R.S. 4 March 1847; author of _A synopsis of the principal formulæ and results of pure mathematics_ 1829; edited Golding Bird’s _Elements of natural philosophy_ _4 ed. 1854, 5 ed. 1860, and 6 ed. 1867_. _d._ Weymouth 17 May 1879. _Proc. of Royal Soc. xxx_, 1–2 (1880). BROOKE, EDWARD BASIL. _b._ 1799; 2 lieut. R.A. 15 Dec. 1817; lieut. col. 67 Foot 9 Nov. 1846 to 31 Dec. 1858; inspecting field officer 31 Dec. 1858; M.G. 1 May 1861. _d._ London 1 Dec. 1868. BROOKE, EDWIN HARCOURT, stage name of Edward James Macdonald Brook. _b._ Buckinghamshire 12 June 1843; ed. at City of London School; made his first appearance in London at Princess’s theatre 10 July 1862 as Lord Chamberlain in _Henry the Eighth_; acted at Sadlers Wells theatre, Prince’s theatre Manchester, Glasgow 2 seasons, Alexandra theatre Liverpool nearly 3 years; played Bassanio in _The Merchant of Venice_ at Prince of Wales’s theatre London April 1875; played at Lyceum theatre 2 years where he acted Simon Renard in Tennyson’s _Queen Mary_ April 1876; played title role in _The Silver King_ in the provinces more than 400 times 1883–4; author of _Gustave_ produced at Alexandra theatre Liverpool about 1876; of a comedietta called _Bessie_ produced at Royalty theatre; and of an adaptation of _David Copperfield_. _d._ 1 Bullen road, Clapham Junction, London 30 Nov. 1884. _Biograph vi_, 582–4 (1881). BROOKE, FRANCIS CAPPER (_only son of Rev. Charles Brooke of Ufford, Suffolk 1765–1836_). _b._ 18 Sep. 1810; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1831; sheriff of Suffolk 1869; one of earliest contributors to _Notes and Queries_ under initials F.C.B.: collected a fine library of 20,000 volumes at Ufford; author of _Sepulchral memorials of the Cobham family_ 1874. _d._ Ufford 13 Jany. 1886. BROOKE, SIR GEORGE. _b._ 1793; 2 lieut. Bengal artillery 8 Sep. 1808, col. commandant 21 July 1851 to 1 Oct. 1877 when placed on retired list; general 24 May 1870; C.B. 3 April 1846, K.C.B. 13 March 1867. _d._ Charles st. St. James’s London 31 Dec. 1882. _I.L.N. lxxxii_, 149 (1883), _portrait_. BROOKE, GEORGE WILLIAM. Secretary of London, Chatham and Dover railway company 1868 to death. _d._ West hill, Sydenham 21 Feb. 1876. BROOKE, GUSTAVUS VAUGHAN (_son of Gustavus Vaughan Brooke of Dublin_). _b._ Hardwick place, Dublin 25 April 1818; ed. at Edgeworthstown; first appeared on the stage, at T.R. Dublin 9 April 1833 as William Tell; played in Ireland and Scotland; first appeared in London, at Victoria theatre as Virginius 1837; acted in United States 1851–3; manager of Astor place opera house New York May 1852; played in Australia and New Zealand at large salary of £100 a night 1855–7; partner with George Coppin in T.R. Melbourne and Melbourne Cremorne in which he lost all his money, they dissolved partnership Feb. 1859; drowned in the London in Bay of Biscay on his way to Australia 10 Jany. 1866. _Longman’s Mag. March 1885_, 490–501; _Theatrical times iii_, 18, 49 (1848), _portrait_; _Tallis’s Drawing room table book_ (1851) 41–2, 2 _portraits_; _Tallis’s Illust. Life in London_ (1864) 120, 126, 2 _portraits_; _I.L.N. xii_, 12, 91 (1848), 2 _portraits_. BROOKE, HENRY FRANCIS (_eld. son of George Brooke of Ashbrooke, co. Fermanagh_). _b._ 3 Aug. 1836; ensign 48 Foot 6 June 1854; served in Crimea and China; adjutant general Bombay army 23 Nov. 1877 to 28 March 1880; brigadier general in command of second infantry brigade in Kandahar 28 March 1880 to death; killed at Maiwand in a sortie from Kandahar 16 Aug. 1880, _bur._ in family vault at Colebrooke 14 Dec. _Shadbolt’s Afghan campaign_ (1882) 24–6, _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxvii_, 289 (1880), _portrait_. BROOKE, HENRY JAMES (_son of Mr. Brooke of Exeter, broadcloth manufacturer_). _b._ Exeter 25 May 1771; a trader in Spanish wool in London 1802; established companies to work mines of South America; actuary and sec. to London Life association to 1843; F.G.S. 1815; F.L.S. 1818; F.R.S. 22 April 1819, member of council 1842–44; his unrivalled collection of minerals was presented to Univ. of Cam.; discovered 13 new mineral species; author of _A familiar introduction to Crystallography_ 1823; edited with extensive alterations and additions _An elementary introduction to Mineralogy by W. Phillips_ 1852. _d._ Clapham Rise, Surrey 26 June