Edwin Brough1

#12867, (1844 - 1929)
ChartsJames Graham & Agnes Finlayson - collapsible 7-generation descendant chart
Edwin Brough
1844-1929

Life Events

BirthEdwin Brough was born in 1844 in Leek, Staffordshire.2,3
 
1881 CensusHe appeared on the 1881 Census of Titteworth, Staffordshire, at Park Villas. He was age 36, unmarried, a silk manufacturer, and born in Leek. He was with his father John (JP for County & retired silk manufacturer).4 
MarriageHe married Helen Graham, daughter of John Graham and Cooper Mary Hannah Boocock Woodcroft, on 11 Jul 1882 in St Andrew Holborn, Middlesex.
Details from the register: Edwin Brough, 38, bachelor, gentleman, residence Whatley, N Frome, father John Brough, gentleman;
Helen Graham, 35, spinster, Wood's Hotel, Holborn, father John Graham, gentleman;
They were married in the parish church by license and the witnesses were [Helen's brother] John Cameron Graham and Jessie Challinor[?].5,1 
Note.Edwin Brough left the silk manufacturing business and they built Wyndyates, in Yorkshire, in 1885, living there until 1910. Edwin was a premier Bloodhound breeder and built kennels on the property. Two of his hounds, Burgho and Barnaby, were famously requested by the Metropolitan Police to help track down Jack the Ripper.

An interesting description of Brough's operations is available on Google Books in the 1901 publication Some Scarborough faces, past and present: being a series of interviews reprinted from the Scarborough Magazine. The portrait of him is from this book.6 
1891 CensusEdwin and Helen Brough appeared on the 1891 Census of Scalby, Yorkshire, at Wyndyate. Edwin was 46, a retired Silk Manufacturer, and was born in Leek, Staffs. Helen was 41 and born in Fulwood, Yorks. Their servants included a groom/kennelman, a housekeeper/cook/dairymaid, a house/parlourmaid, and a kitchen maid.7 
1901 CensusEdwin and Helen appeared on the 1901 Census of Scalby Civil Parish, Yorkshire, at Wyndyate. Edwin was 56, a Retired Silk Manufacturer, and was born in Leek, Staffordshire. Helen was 51 and born in Bennett Grange, Sheffield. Their servants included a Groom & Kennelman, a Cook, a Parlourmaid and a Kitchenmaid.2 
(Widowed) DeathHis wife Helen died on 4 Feb 1923.8,9  
(Admon) ProbateEdwin Brough was granted administration of his wife Helen's estate on 17 Apr 1923.8 
DeathEdwin died on 18 Apr 1929 in Hastings, Sussex.10,11
 
Probate Entry from the probate calendar:

Brough Edwin of St. Helens Lodge Hastings died 18 April 1929. Probate Lewes 11 June to Wilson Henry Cremer bank manager and John Kidd house agent. Effects £8967 13s. 9d. Resworn £18978 4s. 8d.11
 
Last Edited28 Nov 2013

Citations

  1. [S508] John Guthrie Smith, The parish of Strathblane and its inhabitants from early times: a chapter in Lennox history (Glasgow: J. Maclehose and sons, 1886). Chapter 5: Ballewan. Digitised copy viewed at Internet Archive.
  2. [S744] 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG13/4534 folio 14. Image viewed at Ancestry.
  3. [S387] FreeBMD. Edwin Brough, Jun Q 1844, Leek RD.
  4. [S246] 1881 Census for England, Scotland, and Wales (Family History Library, on CD), Piece 2738, Folio 20, Page 32.
  5. [S1975] Marriages of the parish of St Andrew Holborn. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Edwin Brough & Helen Graham, 1882, #5.
  6. [S462] From an assortment of websites.
  7. [S572] 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/3968 folio 48. Image viewed at Ancestry.
  8. [S2280] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858-1966. Images viewed at Ancestry.com. Helen Brough, 1923.
  9. [S387] FreeBMD. Helen Brough, Mar Q 1923, Hastings RD.
  10. [S387] FreeBMD. Edwin Brough, age 84, Jun Q 1929, Hastings RD.
  11. [S2280] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858-1966. Images viewed at Ancestry.com. Edwin Brough, 1929.