T.W. (Thomas William) Bramston (30 October 1796 – 21 May 1871) was

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and Protectionist Member for South Essex, 1835–1865. He was a trustee of the

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and a noted cattle breeder at the family estate, Skreens (established by

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Sir John Bramston in 1635), near Roxwell, Essex. In 1830 he married Elizabeth Harvey, daughter of Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey Nugent, commander of

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at the

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. Their second son was Sir John Bramston, a

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politician who was a minister in the

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government, Attorney-General in the Palmer Ministry, later Attorney-General in Hong Kong and Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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