Sir Theodore Henry Brinckman, 2nd Baronet DL (12 September 1830 – 7 May 1905) was a British Liberal politician and soldier. He was the son of Sir Theodore Brinckman, 1st Baronet and his first wife Hon. Charlotte Godolphin Osborne, only daughter of Francis Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin. In 1880, he succeeded his father as baronet. Brinckman was educated at Eton and served then in the 17th Regiment of Foot. 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 Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1868 to 1874. On 18 July 1861, he married Lady Cecilia Augusta Conyngham, youngest daughter of Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham at

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. They lived at St. Leonard's in

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near Windsor in

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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