Charles Bryden

Charles Bryden (1852–1941) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1875 to 1877.

Early life Charles Cowper Bryden was born on 16 June 1852 in Banbury, and soon after William returned to England. He married Maria Cowper in 1850 and soon after their eldest son, William, was born the family moved to Banbury and William Anderson became a brewer and spirit merchant. In 1861 the family moved to Clapham where Charles's eighth and ninth siblings were born. In 1878, when Charles was 27, the family moved to Surbiton, Surrey.

Charles attended Cheltenham College, leaving in 1869. At Cheltenham at the same time were his two brothers, William Radford Bryden (born 1851) the architect, and Henry Bryden (born 1854), and later a colonial broker. He married Ethel Petley (1859 - 1919) in 1887 and they had four daughters (Ethel, Violet, Phyllis and Dora). He died on 20 February 1941 in Poole, Dorset.