Thomas Brandreth (Royal Navy officer)
Royal Navy Admiral (1825–1894)
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Admiral Sir Thomas Brandreth KCB (6 August 1825 – 10 December 1894), was a Royal Navy officer and instructor, who served as Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy from 1882 until 1885.[1]
Sir Thomas Brandreth | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 August 1825 |
| Died | 10 December 1894 (aged 69) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
Branch |  Royal Navy |
Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | Royal Naval College, Greenwich |
| Awards |  KCB |
| Spouse | Madeline Colvin (m. 1866) |
Early life
Descended from Cheshire gentry, he was a grandson of Dr Joseph Brandreth and like his father educated at Eton College, before being commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1838.[2]
Naval career
Appointed Lieutenant in 1845,[3] Brandreth served in the Crimean War being promoted in 1863 Captain in command of HMS Edgar then in 1869 of HMS Lord Warden.[3] Captain of HMS Excellent Gunnery Training School from 1874, promoted Captain-Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard in 1877 and Admiral-Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard in 1879, Brandreth was appointed as Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1881.[3]
Admiral Brandreth served from 1885 until 1888 as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, before retiring in 1890.[4]
Family
The son of Thomas Shaw Brandreth FRS and Harriet Byrom, his brother-in-law was Dr James Alexander Gordon and among his cousins was Benjamin Brandreth.[5]
He married in 1866 Madeline Colvin (1843–1916), daughter of Alexander Colvin, an East India merchant, and had issue:[5]
- Colvin Brandreth (1867–1913), who married 1903 Edith Tarleton (1866–1951), daughter of Admiral Sir John Tarleton, leaving issue:
(a son Commander Thomas Brandreth (1910–1980) and a daughter Mrs Finetta Chamberlain (1907–2004).