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.