Sir Theodore Brinckman, 2nd Baronet

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]

References
  1. "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Dod, Charles Roger Phipps (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 133.
  3. Debrett, John (1893). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage. London: Oldhams Press. pp. 65–66.
  4. "ThePeerage - Sir Theodore Henry Brinckman, 2nd Bt". Retrieved 14 April 2007.
  5. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Canterbury". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. Sylvanus, Urban (1861). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: John Henry and James Parker. p. 199.
  7. Crompton, Teresa (2010). Adventuress, the Life and Loves of Lucy, Lady Houston. The History Press.


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