Thomas Brandreth

Admiral Sir Thomas Brandreth (6 August 1825 – 10 December 1894), was a Royal Navy officer and instructor, who served as Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy from 1882 until 1885.

Early life

Descended from Cheshire gentry, he was a grandson of Dr Joseph Brandreth and like his father educated at Eton College, before being commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1838.

Naval career Appointed Lieutenant in 1845, Brandreth served in the Crimean War being promoted in 1863 Captain in command of HMS Edgar then in 1869 of HMS Lord Warden.

Family The son of Thomas Shaw Brandreth and Harriet Byrom, his brother-in-law was Dr James Alexander Gordon and among his cousins was Benjamin Brandreth.

He married in 1866 Madeline Colvin (1843–1916), daughter of Alexander Colvin, an East India merchant, and had issue:

Colvin Brandreth (1867–1913), who married 1903 Edith Tarleton (1866–1951), daughter of Admiral Sir John Tarleton, leaving issue: (a son Commander Thomas Brandreth (1910–1980) and a daughter Mrs Finetta Chamberlain (1907–2004).