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Authorised form of nameBramwell; George William Wilshere (1808 - 1892); Baron Bramwell
Dates1808 - 1892
NationalityBritish
Place of birthFinch Lane, Cornhill, London, England
Date of birth12 June 1808
Place of deathHis country house, Holmwood, near Edenbridge
Date of death09 May 1892
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Woking, Surrey
OccupationBarrister
ActivityCareer:
Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn and Inner Temple (1838); QC (1851), Bencher, Inner Temple (1851); Baron of the Exchequer (1856-1876); Privy Councillor (1876); Lord Justice of Appeal (1876-1881)
Honours:
Kt 1856; Baron 1882
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/01/1882
RelationshipsSon of George Bramwell, banker, of London; elder brother of Sir Frederick Joseph Bramwell (FRS 1873); married twice; no children
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 29 January 1876
Notes:
Certificate of a Candidate of the privileged class for Election
CodeNA1589
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1882/03Bramwell, George William Wilshere, Baron Bramwell: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/6/435Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons13 May 1892
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