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Braybrooke (surname)
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Braybrooke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *David Braybrooke (1924–2013), American political philosopher * Garnet Braybrook, Australian rugby league footballer *Geoff Braybrooke (1935–2013), New Zealand politician * Gerard Braybrooke I (c. 1332 – 1403), English politician * Henry Braybrooke (1869–1935), English colonial administrator and cricketer * Patrick Braybrooke (1894–1956), English literary critic * Reynold Braybrooke (c. 1356 – 1405), English politician *Robert Braybrooke (1336/7-1404), Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of London * Stephen Braybrooke (1808–1886), English cricketer See also *Baron Braybrooke Baron Braybrooke, of Braybrooke in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1788 for John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, with Remainder (law), remainder to his kinsman Richard Neville-Aldwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Braybrooke
David Braybrooke (October 18, 1924–August 7, 2013) was a political philosophy, political philosopher and professor emeritus at both Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and the University of Texas at Austin. Early life and education Braybrooke was born on October 18, 1924, in Hackettstown, New Jersey, Hackettstown, New Jersey. He graduated from Boonton High School in 1942 and volunteered for the army. After the war, he received a BA in economics from Harvard in 1948, followed by a MA in philosophy from Cornell University and a PhD in philosophy at Cornell in 1953, where he wrote a dissertation on welfare and happiness. He also studied English for a term under F. R. Leavis at Downing College, Cambridge. Academic career Braybrooke was an instructor of philosophy at the University of Michigan (1953–54) and Bowdoin College (1954–56), and assistant professor at Yale University (1956–63), where he taught in an interdisciplinary economics and politics prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garnet Braybrook
Bramwell Garnet 'George' Braybrook (1910-1975) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. Playing career Garnet Braybrook, sometimes known as ''George'' Braybrook played for the Newtown rugby league club for 5 seasons between 1933-1934 and 1936–1938. He won a premiership when played on the wing in the 1933 Grand Final win over St. George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier .... He was the father of former NSWRFL referee, Denis Braybrook. Braybrook was a Newtown stalwart and an active supporter of the club during his lifetime. Death Braybrook died on 5 November 1975 aged 65.Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 06/11/75 References 1910 births 1975 deaths Newtown Jets players Australian rugby league players Rugby league wingers Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Braybrooke
Geoffrey Bernard Braybrooke (4 April 1935 – 9 March 2013) was a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1981 to 2002, representing the Labour Party. He was one of the party's more socially conservative MPs. Biography Early life and career Braybrooke was born in Gillingham, Kent, England, on 4 April 1935, the son of Geoff and Edith Braybrooke, and was educated at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate. It was the same school that future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Edward Heath had attended. He attended Chatham House after he won a state scholarship and there was exposed to snobbery and exclusion by fellow students as he came from a working class family. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1952 and served in the Korean War. In 1955, he became a police officer in London, but in 1957, he chose to move to New Zealand and re-enter the army. Braybrooke reminisced about emigrating: "I became a New Zealand citizen in 1958 and I never regretted it. I am a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Braybrooke I
Sir Gerard Braybrooke I (c. 1332 – 1 February 1403), of Colmworth, Bedfordshire and Horsenden, Buckinghamshire, was an English politician. Family He was the father of MPs, Gerard Braybrooke II and Reynold Braybrooke. Career Braybrooke was a member of parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ... for Bedfordshire constituency in January 1377 and November 1390. References 1330s births 1403 deaths Year of birth uncertain English knights English MPs January 1377 English MPs November 1390 14th-century English politicians People from Wycombe District Politicians from Buckinghamshire {{14thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Braybrooke
Henry Mellor Braybrooke (11 February 1869 – 28 October 1935) was an amateur English cricketer who played first-class cricket in England for Cambridge University, Kent County Cricket Club and an unofficial England XI between 1891 and 1899.Henry Braybrooke CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2016. He was born at Kandy in what was then , the son of Philip Watson of Tunbridge Wells in Kent. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Braybrooke
Patrick Philip William Braybrooke FRSL (1894–1956) was an English literary critic who largely concentrated his attention on English writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. He is best remembered for his biographical study, ''Gilbert Keith Chesterton'', which assesses the writing of Chesterton and describes his literary relationship to such writers as Dickens, Thackeray and Browning. It also offers a view of Chesterton the man. Braybrooke, who was a relative of Chesterton, met the older writer many times from his teens onwards. It is possible that Chesterton's move towards Roman Catholicism culminating in his conversion in 1922, was influential in Braybrooke's shift in interest away from his Anglican roots. Catholic writers were a frequent subject of his writing. Two of his biographies – ''The Life and Work of Lord Alfred Douglas'' (1931) and ''The Amazing Mr Noel Coward'' (1933) – were the first to tackle their subjects. He was a student at King's Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reynold Braybrooke
Sir Reynold Braybrooke (c. 1356 - 20 September 1405) was an English politician. Life Braybrooke was the son of Gerard Braybrooke I and brother of Gerard Braybrooke II. His wife was Joan, daughter of John de la Pole. Career In January 1404, Braybrooke was MP for Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces .... Death Braybrooke died of a battle wound on 20 September 1405. His wife remarried several times; both their sons had predeceased him. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Braybrooke, Reynold 1350s births 1405 deaths 14th-century English people English knights English MPs January 1404 Year of birth uncertain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Braybrooke
Robert Braybrooke was a medieval Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of London. Biography Braybrooke was the son of Sir Gerard Braybrooke of Horsenden, Buckinghamshire & Colmworth, Bedfordshire and his wife, Isabella, the daughter of Sir Roger Dakeny of Clophill. He was nominated 9 September 1381 and consecrated on 5 January 1382.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 258 Braybrooke was named Lord Chancellor of England on 20 September 1382 and was out of the office by 11 July 1383.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 87 Braybrooke accompanied King Richard II to Ireland in 1394 and was Lord Chancellor of Ireland for six months in 1397. Braybrooke died on 28 August 1404, and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. His tomb was smashed during the Great Fire of London in 1666, and his body was found inside intact and mummified. See also * Secretary of State (England) * List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers The following is a list of Lord Chancellors an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Braybrooke
Stephen Henry Braybrooke (24 December 1808 – 1886) was an English first-class cricketer. Born at Thanet in December 1808, Braybrooke was by profession a mill owner at Oldham, specialising in the spinning and manufacture of cotton. He played first-class cricket on two occasions for Manchester, with both matches coming against Yorkshire in 1844 and 1845 at Moss Lane Moss Lane (currently known as the J. Davidson Stadium for sponsorship purposes) is a multi-purpose stadium in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It is currently used primarily for football matches and is the home ground of Altrincham. The .... Braybrooke died at Salford in 1886. References External links * 1808 births 1886 deaths People from Thanet (district) English cricketers Manchester Cricket Club cricketers English industrialists 19th-century English businesspeople Cricketers from Kent {{England-cricket-bio-1800s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
