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 BRANDEN 279 BRAMWELL OF HEVER BARONY. I. George William Wilshire Bramwell, s. and h., gj. of George B., of London, Banker (who d. 15 Sep. 1858, aged 85), was b. in London, 12 June 1808; Barrister - (Line. Inn and Inner Temple) 1838, practising on the °"' Home circuit; Q.C. 1851; Bencher (Inner Temple) 1 85 1 ; Baron of the Exchequer 1856-76; knighted 30 Jan. 1856; P.C. 28 Nov. 1876; one of the Lords Justices of Appeal 1876 to 1 88 1. On his retirement he was cr., 3 Feb. 1882, BARON BRAM- WELL OF HEVER, Kent.(^) F.R.S. 11 Jan. 1882. He was a Liberal till 1886, when he became a Unionist. He w., istly, 1830, in New YorkjC') Mary Jane, da. of Bruno Silva. Shed, s.p.m., 13 Apr. 1836. He;;;., 2ndly, in 1861, Martha Sinden, spinster. She d. 5 June 1879, at 17 Cadogan Place, aged 53. He d. s.p., 9 May 1892, at Holmwood, Eden- bridge, Kent, in his 84th year, when his Peerage became extinct. BRANCEPETH i.e. "Brancepeth, co. Durham," Barony {Kerr), see "Somerset," Earldom of, cr. 1613; extinct 1645. i.e. "Brancepeth of Brancepeth, co. Durham," cr. 3 1 Aug. 1866. See "Boyne" Viscountcy [I.], cr. 1717, under the 7th Viscount. BRANDEN [co. Kerry] BARONY [I.] I. Maurice Crosbie, only s. and h. of David C.,(0 T J, of Ardfert, co. Kerry (who d. 171 7), by Jane, yst. da. '^ ■ and coh. of William Hamilton, was knighted 16 Feb. 1711/2; M.P. for CO. Kerry 1713-58. On 16 Sep. in the new Rom. Cath. Cathedral at Westm. For a list of peers and peeresses who have joined the Church of Rome since 1850, see vol. iii, Appendix G. V.G. (*) "Mr. Baron Bramwell, Mr. Justice Willes, [James Shaw Willes, i-. 1814-, d. 1872], and Mr. Baron Martin [Samuel Martin, h. 1801 ; d. 1883], firm friends at the Bar and on the Bench, hae been classed together as three of the strongest judges of the century." (The Times, 10 Jan. 1883;. On being asked for his opinion of the value to a barrister of a knowledge of Roman Law, he remarked that he had never known a word of it in his life, and yet was the best Judge on the Bench. V.G. (*>) In the Timesy 13 June 1885, sub "Lauderdale Peerage," is a statement by himself that he was m. there without banns or licence. ('^) He was s. and h. of another David C, Governor of Kerry 1 641, 2nd s. of John C., Bishop of Ardfert 1600, who d. 1621. V.G.