Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Baronet (30 November 1762 – 8 September 1837) was an

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and

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. He was also

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for

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from 1812 to 1818. Educated at

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and

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, Brydges was admitted to

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in 1780, though he did not take a degree. He was called to the bar from the

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in 1787. He wrote some

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s and

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s, now forgotten, but rendered valuable service through his bibliographical publications (printed at the Lee Priory Press), ''Censura Literaria, Titles and Opinions of Old English Books'' (10 vols. 1805–9), his editions of

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's ''Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum'' (1800), Arthur Collins's ''Peerage of England'' (1812), and of many rare Elizabethan authors. He was a founding member of the

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, a publishing club of wealthy bibliophiles. He was elected a Knight Grand Commander of the Equestrian, Secular, and Chapterial Order of St. Joachim in 1807, at a chapter held in

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. "The British Herald" by Robson, Thomas.

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Published 1830. Topics: Heraldry. In 1789, the Chandos barony became dormant. Egerton Brydges attempted to claim the title, initially on behalf of his older brother Rev. Edward Tymewell Brydges, then later on his own behalf. The litigation continued from 1790 to 1803, before the claims were ultimately rejected, but he continued to style himself " Baron Chandos of Sudeley". It seems likely that not only was the claim groundless but that the evidence was forged. He was made a

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on 27 December 1814. In 1824, he started ''

The Literary Magnet ''The Literary Magnet'' was a British magazine. Started as a weekly magazine in 1824 by Egerton Brydges and his son using the pseudonym Tobias Merton, it went through a number of editors, becoming a monthly magazine towards the end of 1824, was bo ...

'' as a weekly magazine with his son Egerton Anthony Brydges under the joint pseudonym Tobias Merton (perhaps an anagram of their names). He continued editing it until around August 1824, when it was passed to another editor. He died in

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Samuel Egerton Brydges, Odo count of Lingen

Some works

* ''What are riches? or An examination of the definitions of this subject given by modern economists'', Geneva, print. by William Fick, 1821 *

Pierio Valeriano Bolzani Pierio Valeriano (1477–1558), born Giovanni Pietro dalle Fosse, was a prominent Italian Renaissance humanist, specializing in the early study of Egyptian hieroglyphs. His most famous works were ''On the Ill Fortune of Learned Men (De litterator ...

, ''De litteratorum infelicitate, libri duo, editio nova curante Dom. Egerton Brydges, Bar.^t'', Geneva, Typis Gul. Fick, 1821 (87 copies) * ''Res literariæ: Bibliographical and critical for October 1820'', Naples, print. by Charles-Antoine Béranger, 1821 (75 copies) ** ''Id., for January 1821'', Rome, print. by François Bourlié, 1821 ** ''Id., may 1821 to February 1822'', Geneva, print. by W. Fick, 1822, (75 copies) * ''The anti-critic for August 1821, and march, 1822 containing literary, not political, criticisms, and opinions'', Geneva, print. by W. Fick, 1822 (75 copies) * ''Polyanthea librorum vetustiorum, italicorum, gallicorum, hispanicorum, et latinorum'', Geneva, Typis G. Fick, 1822 (75 copies) * ''Poemata selecta latina mediæ et infimæ ætatis'', Gebenis, Typis Guill. Fick, 1822 (37 copies) * ''Cimelia seu Examen criticum librorum, ex diariis literariis linguâ præcipue gallicâ ab anno 1665 usque ad annum 1792 scriptis, selectum'', Geneva, ex Typis G. Fick, 1823 (75 copies) * ''Mémoire sur les lois de la pairie d'Angleterre'', Geneva, G. Fick, 1823 * ''Peerage-law or An inquiry into the laws which protect the hereditament of peerage, to which are added fragments of paper relative to a particular case'', Geneva, print. by W. Fick, 1823 * ''Odo, count of Lingen : a poetical tale in six cantos'', Geneva, print. by W. Fick, 1824 (50 copies) * ''Gnomica : detached thoughts, sententious, axiomatic, moral and critical, but especially with reference to poetical faculties and habits'', Geneva, print. by W. Fick, (75 copies) * ''Catalogus librorum rariorum de quibus fit mentio in operibus quorum tituli sunt Cimelia, 1823, Res literariæ 1820, 1821, et Polyanthea, 1822'', Geneva, Impr. Fick, 1824 (200 copies) * ''Lex terræ : a discussion of the law of England, regarding claims of inheritable rights of peerage'', Geneva, W. Fick, 1831 (100 copies) * ''Veridica''. No. 1 (1 Jan. 1832) – no. 2 (14 jan. 1832), Geneva, W. Fick

Notes

References

* * * J. Robins, ''The British Magazine, or Miscellany of Polite Literature'', London, 1823, pp. 145–146. * ''

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'' 162 (1837), pp. 534–539.

External links

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Lee Priory Press
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The Parliamentary Archives holds letters sent to Sir Egerton Brydes by Charles Abbott and John Henry Abbott
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brydges, Samuel Egerton English genealogists Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1762 births 1837 deaths Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge UK MPs 1812–1818 Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London English bibliographers People educated at Maidstone Grammar School