BOYS, THOMAS SHOTTER. _b._ Pentonville, London 2 Jany. 1803;
articled to George Cooke, engraver; a member of Institute of
Painters in water colours; exhibited 2 pictures at Royal Academy
and 14 at Suffolk st. gallery 1824–58; lithographed the works of
David Roberts and Clarkson Stanfield 1837; published _Picturesque
architecture in Paris_ 1839 which was much admired; _Original
views of London as it is_ 1843; drew illustrations to Blackie’s
_History of England_; etched some plates for Ruskin’s _Stones of
Venice_. _d._ of paralysis at 30 Acacia road, Marylebone, London
10 Oct. 1874.
BRABAZON, LUKE (_elder son of Hugh Higgins of Brabazon park, co.
Mayo who d. 26 April 1864 aged 63_). _b._ 23 March 1832; 2 Lieut.
R.A 20 June 1849; second captain 23 Aug. 1855 to death; deputy
assistant quartermaster general; changed his name to Brabazon
1854; author of _Soldiers and their science_ 1860; went with
admiral Hope to Tang-chow, China Aug. 1860, captured by Tartar
general San-ko-lin-sin 18 Sep. 1860; executed by the Chinese on
the bridge at Palikao 21 Sep. 1860. _Boulger’s History of China
iii_, 499–521 (1884).
BRACEBRIDGE, CHARLES HOLTE (_only son of Abraham Bracebridge of
Atherstone hall, Atherstone, Warws. who d. 21 Aug. 1832_). _b._ 19
March 1799; ed. at Merton coll. Ox.; went with Florence
Nightingale to Constantinople Oct. 1854; author of _A letter on
the affairs of Greece_ 1850; _Shakespeare no deerstealer, or a
short account of Fulbroke park near Stratford-on-Avon_ 1862. _d._
of heart disease at Atherstone hall 13 July 1872.
BRACKENBURY, SIR EDWARD (_2 son of Richard Brackenbury of Aswardby,
co. Lincoln_). _b._ 1785; ensign 61 Foot 1803, served in Peninsula
1809–14; attached to Portuguese and Spanish army 1814–16; major 28
Foot 1 Nov. 1827 to 31 Jany. 1828 when placed on h.p.; lieut. col.
10 Jany. 1837; retired from the service 1847; K.T.S. 1824, K.S.F.;
knighted at Windsor Castle 26 Aug. 1836. _d._ Skendleby hall near
Spilsby, co. Lincoln 1 June 1864.
BRACKENBURY, REV. JOSEPH. _b._ Langton, Lincolnshire 1788; a student
at C.C. coll. Cam. 28 Oct. 1808, B.A. 1811, M.A. 1819; chaplain
Madras establishment 1812–19; chaplain and secretary to Magdalen
hospital Blackfriars road London 1828–56; R. of Quendon, Essex
1862 to death; author of _Natale solum and other poetical pieces_