Sir Theodore Henry Brinckman, 2nd Baronet DL (12 September 1830 – 7 May 1905) was a British

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politician and soldier. He was the son of

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and his first wife Hon. Charlotte Godolphin Osborne, only daughter of

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. In 1880, he succeeded his father as baronet. Brinckman was educated at

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and served then in the

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. He fought in the

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and reached the rank of captain. Brinckman was Deputy Lieutenant of

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and sat as

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(MP) for

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from 1868 to 1874. On 18 July 1861, he married Lady Cecilia Augusta Conyngham, youngest daughter of

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. They lived at St. Leonard's in

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near

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and had two sons. Brinckman was succeeded in the baronetcy by his older son Theodore Francis Brinckman, whose first wife was Fanny Lucy Radmall, later better known as Lucy, Lady Houston.

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* 1830 births 1905 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom British Army personnel of the Crimean War Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at Eton College Royal Leicestershire Regiment officers UK MPs 1868–1874 Deputy Lieutenants of the Tower Hamlets Politics of Canterbury People from Windsor, Berkshire {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub