Charles Bryden
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16 June 1852
| Born | Charles Cowper Bryden 16 June 1852 Banbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 20 February 1941 (aged 88) Poole (aged 88 years 249 days) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Cheltenham College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Colonial Broker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Bryden (1852–1941) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1875 to 1877.[2]
Charles Cowper Bryden was born on 16 June 1852 in Banbury,[2] the second son of William Anderson Bryden,[3] and Maria, daughter of William Cowper. His father, William Anderson Bryden, having been born in Manchester in 1818 had made his way to Australia as a young man and went into partnership with Robert Miller in Adelaide. By 1844 they had a drapery business called Miller & Bryden, a forerunner of J. Miller Anderson & Co. Miller and Bryden's partnership dissolved in June 1848,[4] and soon after William returned to England. He married Maria Cowper in 1850 and soon after their eldest son, William, was born the family moved to Banbury and William Anderson became a brewer and spirit merchant. In 1861 the family moved to Clapham where Charles's eighth and ninth siblings were born. In 1878, when Charles was 27, the family moved to Surbiton, Surrey.
Charles attended Cheltenham College, leaving in 1869.[3] At Cheltenham at the same time were his two brothers, William Radford Bryden (born 1851) the architect, and Henry Bryden (born 1854),[3] also a future England rugby union international. As well as playing rugby football, Charles also represented his school at cricket.