Hannah Brackenbury
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Hannah Brackenbury English philanthropist, was the daughter of James B. Brackenbury, solicitor
of Manchester
, England
. As the legal advisor of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company at its formation James Brackenbury made a substantial fortune which was inherited by his only surviving child, Hannah.
Hannah Brackenbury resided in Brighton (Portslade), devoting her life and fortune to the promotion of charitable institutions, including substantial donations to Balliol College, Oxford University.
The Brackenbury Scholarship at Balliol is funded to this day from her bequest.
Her funeral was described thus:
The funeral procession, which consisted of five mourning coaches, each drawn by four horses and the private carriage of the deceased, left Adelaide Crescent,Hove at 11 o’clock, arriving at Portslade shortly after 12. Among the mourners were the Very Rev. Dr Robert Scott, the Dean of Rochester and the Rev. Professor Jowett, Master of Balliol College, Oxford. The church was filled by the villagers and those from adjacent parishes; and the burial service was impressively read by the Rev. F.G. Holbrooke, Vicar of Portslade; the psalms included in the service being chanted by the boys of the choir, Mr Machonochie presiding at the organ
The chapel is situated to the north of the ivy clad tower, and by its appearance showed that no expense was spared to make it as complete as possible in every particular. It is separated from the church proper by a small parapet, iron railings, and is lighted on two sides by stained glass windows. Running round the chapel walls is the following inscription: - “within these walls are deposited the remains of the last in lineal descent of the ancient family of Brackenbury, of Denton and Sellaby, in the county of Durham, and immediately under one of the memorial windows is the text, “They also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.”
Solicitor
Solicitors are lawyers who traditionally deal with any legal matter including conducting proceedings in courts. In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers , and a lawyer will usually only hold one title...
of Manchester
Manchester
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, England
England
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. As the legal advisor of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company at its formation James Brackenbury made a substantial fortune which was inherited by his only surviving child, Hannah.
Hannah Brackenbury resided in Brighton (Portslade), devoting her life and fortune to the promotion of charitable institutions, including substantial donations to Balliol College, Oxford University.
The Brackenbury Scholarship at Balliol is funded to this day from her bequest.
Her funeral was described thus:
The funeral procession, which consisted of five mourning coaches, each drawn by four horses and the private carriage of the deceased, left Adelaide Crescent,Hove at 11 o’clock, arriving at Portslade shortly after 12. Among the mourners were the Very Rev. Dr Robert Scott, the Dean of Rochester and the Rev. Professor Jowett, Master of Balliol College, Oxford. The church was filled by the villagers and those from adjacent parishes; and the burial service was impressively read by the Rev. F.G. Holbrooke, Vicar of Portslade; the psalms included in the service being chanted by the boys of the choir, Mr Machonochie presiding at the organ
The chapel is situated to the north of the ivy clad tower, and by its appearance showed that no expense was spared to make it as complete as possible in every particular. It is separated from the church proper by a small parapet, iron railings, and is lighted on two sides by stained glass windows. Running round the chapel walls is the following inscription: - “within these walls are deposited the remains of the last in lineal descent of the ancient family of Brackenbury, of Denton and Sellaby, in the county of Durham, and immediately under one of the memorial windows is the text, “They also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.”