Charles John Brandling
Charles John Brandling (4 February 1769 – 1 February 1826) was an English MP and coal owner.
He was the son of Charles Brandling (1733–1802) of Gosforth House, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He succeeded his father as MP for Newcastle in 1798, holding the seat until 1812. From 1820 until his death he was the MP for Northumberland.[1]
He became a lieutenant of the Northumberland militia in 1790, being promoted captain in 1793, and in 1819 he was made Lieutenant-Colonel of the Northumberland & Newcastle volunteer cavalry. He married Frances Elizabeth Hawksworth, daughter of Walter Fawkes (formerly Hawksworth) of Hawksworth, Yorks.[2] His friend Earl Grey described him and his wife as "cordial in their manner, unaffected and extremely good-natured".[3] They had no children.
In 1817 he chaired the committee which established the reward to be paid to George Stephenson for the invention of the Geordie lamp.[4][5]
References
- ^ History of Parliament online
- ^ ibid
- ^ Grey mss, letter from Grey to Lady Grey, 24 October 1810
- ^ The Life of Robert Stephenson FRS by John Cordy Jeafferson
- ^ Report upon the claims of Mr George Stephenson relative to the invention of his safety lamp
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