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.
