Sir Theodore Brinckman, 2nd Baronet explained

Sir Theodore Henry Brinckman, 2nd Baronet DL (12 September 1830 – 7 May 1905)[1] 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.[2] In 1880, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1] Brinckman was educated at Eton and served then in the 17th Regiment of Foot.[3] He fought in the Crimean War and reached the rank of captain.[4] Brinckman was Deputy Lieutenant of Tower Hamlets[3] and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury from 1868 to 1874.[5]

On 18 July 1861, he married Lady Cecilia Augusta Conyngham, youngest daughter of Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham at St George's, Hanover Square.[6] They lived at St. Leonard's in Clewer near Windsor in Berkshire and had two sons.[4] Brinckman was succeeded in the baronetcy by his older son Theodore Francis Brinckman,[4] whose first wife was Fanny Lucy Radmall, later better known as Lucy, Lady Houston.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leigh Rayment - Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501224809/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB5.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 17 April 2009 .
  2. Book: Dod, Charles Roger Phipps . Charles Dod

    . Charles Dod . The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland . 1860 . Whitaker and Co. . London . 133 .

  3. Book: Debrett, John . Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage . Oldhams Press . London . 1893 . 65–66 .
  4. Web site: ThePeerage - Sir Theodore Henry Brinckman, 2nd Bt . 14 April 2007.
  5. Web site: Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Canterbury . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231318/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons2.htm . 10 August 2009 . usurped . 17 April 2009 .
  6. Book: Sylvanus, Urban . The Gentleman's Magazine . London . John Henry and James Parker . 1861 . 199 .
  7. Book: Crompton, Teresa. Adventuress, the Life and Loves of Lucy, Lady Houston. The History Press. 2010.