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. 1869. Trans. of Botanical Soc. of Edin. x, 284–8 (1870).
BRANDARD, Robert. b. Birmingham 1805; landscape engraver in London 1826 to death; engraved plates for Turner’s England and Rivers of England and other books, also for the Art Journal; produced some etchings from his own designs, one series of which was published by the Art Union 1864; painted both in oils and water-colours; exhibited 3 pictures at R.A., 21 at British Institution and 32 at Suffolk st. gallery 1831–58. d. Campden hill, Kensington, London 7 Jany. 1862.
BRANDE, Everard Augustus (eld. son of Augustus Everard Brande of Arlington st. London, apothecary to George iii.) b. Arlington st. 1776; ed. at Westminster sch.; studied at St. George’s hospital 1795; apothecary to George iii and Queen Charlotte 1801; apothecary to William iv and Queen Adelaide 1830–33 when he retired from practice; a member of first Court of Examiners of Society of Apothecaries 1815; presented to College of Phys. valuable collection of Materia Medica made by Dr. Burgess. d. Sulhamstead house, Turnham-Green, London 11 Dec. 1868. Reg. and mag. of biog. i, 312 (1869).
BRANDE, George William (brother of the preceding). Chief clerk of the Treasury many years. d. Exeter 18 June 1854 aged 69.
BRANDE, William Thomas (brother of the preceding). b. Arlington st. 11 Jany. or Feb. 1788; ed. at Westminster; began lecturing on chemistry 1808; F.R.S. 13 April 1809, Copley medallist 1813, one of secretaries 1816–26; professor of chemistry to Apothecaries company 4 Nov. 1812 and professor of materia medica 1813, master of the Company 1851; professor of chemistry at Royal Institution May 1813 to 1854; superintendent of die department of Mint 1825 and of coining department 1854; edited with M. Faraday Quarterly journal of science and arts 1816–36; author of Outlines of geology 1817, 2 ed. 1829; A manual of chemistry 1819, 6 ed. 2 vols. 1848; A manual of pharmacy 1825, 3 ed. 1833; edited A dictionary of science literature and art 1842, 3 ed. 1853. d. Tunbridge Wells 11 Feb. 1866. Proc. of Royal Society xvi, 2–6 (1868); S. Muspratt’s Chemistry vol. 1 (1853), portrait.
BRANDLING, John James. Second lieut. R.A. 19 March 1839; lieut. col. 8 March 1860 to death; C.B. 5 July 1855. d. Woodsley house, Leeds 16 April 1860 aged 39.
BRANDON, John Raphael. b. 1817; articled to W. Parkinson, architect 1836; practised at Beaufort buildings, Strand, London with his brother Joshua Arthur Brandon 1841–7 when the latter died; joint architect with Robert Ritchie of Catholic Apostolic church, Gordon sq. London, opened 1 Jany. 1854; architect of St. Peter’s church, Great Windmill st. Piccadilly 1861; one of the 11 architects who competed for Royal Courts of Justice, London 1867; author with his brother of Analysis of Gothick architecture 2 vols. 1847; Views of English ecclesiastical structures 1848, new ed. 2 vols. 1858; Open timber roofs of the middle ages 1849; Railways and the Public 1868, 8 ed. 1871; shot himself at his chambers 17 Clement’s Inn, Strand, London 8 Oct. 1877.
BRANDRETH, Thomas Alston. Second lieut. R.A. 19 July 1797; colonel 23 Nov. 1841 to death; served in the Peninsula 1812–14; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831. d. Chudleigh, Devon 24 Sep. 1851 aged 72.