| Authorised form of name | Bramwell; Sir; Frederick Joseph (1818 - 1903) |
| Dates | 1818 - 1903 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Finch Lane, Cornhill, London, England |
| Date of birth | 07 March 1818 |
| Place of death | 1A Hyde Park Gate, London |
| Date of death | 30/11/1903 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Hever, Kent |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Activity | Career:
Trained as an engineer and studied steam propulsion; constructed a locomotive for the Stockton and Darlington Railway (1843); set up his own business concentrating legal and consultative work (1853); the first engineer to practise as a technical advocate; President, British Association (1888); Adviser to the London water companies; died of a cerebral haemorrhage
Honours:
Kt 1881; Bt 1889
Memberships:
MICE
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1873 |
| Relationships | Son of George Bramwell, partner in Dorrien and Co Bankers; younger brother of Sir George William Wilshere Bramwell (FRS 1882); married (29 March 1847) Harriet Leonara (his cousin), daughter of Joseph Frith; father-in-law of Sir Victor Horsley (FRS 1886) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 27 August 1892 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/57397180 |
| Royal Society code | NA6425 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/000525 | Bramwell, Sir Frederick Joseph | 1889 |
| EC/1873/07 | Bramwell, Sir Frederick Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/743/1/155 | Letter from Frederick Joseph Bramwell, 5 Great George Street, Westminster, to John Hall Gladstone, 17 Pembridge Square | 19 October 1897 |
| NLB/2/204 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Frederick Bramwell, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 February 1888 |
| NLB/4/163 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Frederwick Joseph Bramwell | 28 February 1890 |
| NLB/4/1092 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Frederick Joseph Bramwell, Fellow of the Royal Society | 16 January 1891 |
| NLB/4/1180 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Frederick Bramwell, 5 Great George Street, Westminster, S.W. | 6 February 1891 |
| NLB/19/611 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Frederick Bramwell, Fellow of the Royal Society | 9 November 1899 |
| MS/928/2/13 | Letter from Frederick Joseph Bramwell, 5 Great George Street, Westminster, to Charles Vernon Boys, 27 The Grove, Boltons | 11 January 1900 |
| IM/000524 | Bramwell, Sir Frederick Joseph | 1877 |
| NLB/32/83 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 22 December 1905 |
| IM/000008 | British Association Meeting in Newcastle | 1889 |
| MC/9/576 | Letter from F J [Frederick Joseph] Bramwell, 37 Great George Street, Westminster, to Professor G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society | 14 June 1873 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| MS/427/39 | Copy letter from [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Frederick Joseph] Bramwell Esq., FRS | 19 June 1880 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| MC/12/52 | Letter from F J [Frederick Joseph] Bramwell, 37 Great George Street, Westminster, to W [William] Spottiswoode, President of the Royal Society, Burlington House | 3 June 1880 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |
| MC/17 | Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1897-1899 |