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for Yarmouth. In 1842 he resumed by Royal Licence the old family surname of Brinckman in lieu of his patronymic. Brinckman was the son of Theodore Broadhead, who also represented Yarmouth in the

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, son of Theodore Broadhead,

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in 1786, who assumed the surname of Broadhead in lieu of Brinckman by Act of Parliament. The latter's grandfather Theodore, Baron Brinckman, had emigrated to Britain from

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. The first Baronet was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He sat as

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Member of Parliament for

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. His grandson, the fourth Baronet died childless in 1954 and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Baronet. The latter was a

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in the

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, Aide-de-Camp to the

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and to the Governor-General of Canada and Chief of Staff to the British Military Mission in

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during the

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Brinckman baronets, of Burton or Monk Bretton (1831)

* Sir Theodore Henry Lavington Brinckman, 1st Baronet (1798–1880) * Sir Theodore Henry Brinckman, 2nd Baronet (1830–1905) * Sir Theodore Francis Brinckman, CB, 3rd Baronet (1862–1937) * Sir Theodore Ernest Warren Brinckman, 4th Baronet (1898–1954) * Sir Roderick Napoleon Brinckman, DSO, MC, 5th Baronet (1902–1985) * Sir (Theodore George) Roderick Brinckman, 6th Baronet (1932–2020) * Sir Theodore Jonathan Brinckman, 7th baronet (1960-2022) The

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is the present holder's brother Roderick Nicholas Brinckman (born 1964)

Arms

References

* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baronets, Brinckman Brinckman