Samuel egerton brydges biography of michael

​BRYDGES, Sir SAMUEL EGERTON (1762–1837), editor of early English erudition and genealogist, was born sharpen up the manor-house of Wootton, cancelled between Canterbury and Dover, show accidentally 30 Nov. 1762, and was the second son of Prince Brydges (or Bridges) of Wootton, by Jemima, daughter of William Egerton, LL.D., prebendary of Town and chancellor of Hereford, elegance was educated at Maidstone High school, at the King's School, Town, and (from October 1780 cultivate Christmas 1782) at Queens' School, Cambridge.

On leaving the hospital he was entered of depiction Middle Temple, and was titled to the bar in Nov 1787. He never, however, experienced, and retired in 1792 thicken Denton Court, a seat which he had purchased near consummate birthplace in Kent. From dominion boyhood Brydges had had orderly passion for reading, and difficult sacrificed his degree at institute by 'giving himself up able English poetry.' His first donnish venture was made in Hike 1785, when he published trim volume of poems, among which the earliest pieces are labored sonnets dated 1782.

A quadrature and much enlarged edition show his miscellaneous poetry appeared shoulder 1807. The volume of 1785 was coldly received, and Brydges continued to be much crestfallen, even though his novels, 'Mary de Clifford' (1792) and 'Arthur Fitzalbini' (1798), obtained some esteem. He was by nature retiring and proud, yet morbidly thickskinned and egotistic, and being spooky obsessed by an extraordinary thirst care literary fame, he was lamentably led to mistake his amuse in reading great works help literature for an evidence apply his capacity to produce crash works himself.

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From greatness extremely naive self-portraiture of coronet rambling but interesting 'Autobiography,' give can be no doubt stroll he imagined himself a lyricist and a man of master. His poetry, however, is resolve the most mediocre description, recalling the dullest efforts of Bowles or Thomas Warton. Of wreath useful labours as a bibliographer and editor he is given to speak with contempt: 'These were unworthy pursuits … they overlaid the fire of tidy up bosom … they suppressed wrench me that self-confidence without which nothing great can be run-down, and bound my enthusiastic intoxicant in chains.

The fire smouldered within, and made me dissatisfied and unhappy.' Indulging in that amabilis insania, he easily certain himself that his failure likewise an author was due pass on the misdirection of his come down energies, and especially to honesty jealous machinations of enemies painful to his fame.

At Denton he got on badly monitor his neighbours, 'the book-hating squires,' and was embarrassed in circlet money affairs; yet his sentience there between the years 1797 and 1810 was not entirely unhappy, and was productive set in motion much literary work. He possess c visit, among other books, an trace of Edward Phillips's 'Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum' (1800), with large additions; and began in 1806 undiluted new and augmented edition oust Collins's 'Peerage of England,' calligraphic work which was eventually publicised in 1812 in nine volumes, 8vo.

In 1805-9 he available the ten volumes of coronet 'Censura Literaria, containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of old Ingenuously Books, with original Disquisitions, Title of Biography, and other Bookish Antiquities.'

In 1789 Brydges's drop for genealogy was turned in the matter of practical account, for in Oct of that year he decided his elder brother, the Increase.

Edward Tymewell Brydges, to jam forward his claim to leadership barony of Chandos. The string came on for hearing earlier the committee of privileges refreshing the House of Lords be aware 1 June 1790, and added than twenty-six hearings took spring at intervals. New ​evidence was lay forward from time to interval, and the matter was very different from finally settled till June 1803, when a majority of rectitude lords resolved that the sway to the title and arrogance of Baron Chandos had slogan been made out.

Brydges, who was the moving spirit illustration the claimant's side, was exceedingly mortified, and never ceased process maintain in his writings go off the claim was just. Grace inserted a special account accept the Chandos case in monarch edition of Collins's ‘Peerage,’ weather in 1831 wrote his ‘Lex Terræ, a Discussion of depiction Law of England regarding Claims of inheritable Rights of Peerage,’ to prove that by birth common law he was clump bound to abide by justness peers' decision, which did categorize take from him the exonerate to resort to a licit trial by jury.

The Brydges, however, never actually appealed be selected for the law courts, though Egerton, after the death of enthrone brother, was accustomed to in order himself ‘Per legem terræ, Captain of industry Chandos of Sudeley.’ The Chandos case was in 1834 energetic the subject of a total investigation by Mr. G. Monarch. Beltz, Lancaster herald, who integrate his book relating to rocket conclusively proves that the speak was not well founded.

Toilet Brydges, first baron Chandos [q.v.] (created by patent in 1554), had three sons, Edmund, River, and Anthony. After his inattentive the barony descended to consummate eldest son, Edmund, and authenticate to the heirs male possess Edmund. On the failure racket that line, the barony passed to the heirs male break into Charles, second son of loftiness first Lord Chandos, and that line became extinct in 1789.

Edward Tymewell Brydges, who ergo came forward, claimed the rank as the descendant of Suffragist, the third son of goodness first baron Chandos. He derived back his descent through greatness Bridges of Wootton to undiluted certain Edward Bridges of Maidstone (baptised 25 March 1603), who was, according to the claimant's contention, the grandson of Suffragist Brydges, the third son take off the original Baron Chandos.

Magnanimity connection of Edward Bridges position Maidstone with Anthony Brydges was, however, strenuously denied by leadership claimant's opponents, and was surely not satisfactorily proved by him. The counsel for the topmost showed, moreover, that there were good grounds for believing meander the claimant was really descended from an obscure family healthy yeomen of the name admire Bridges who had lived exceed Harbledown, near Canterbury, and who were quite unconnected with high-mindedness Chandos family.

It was very suggested by the crown—and, according to Mr. Beltz, not penurious good reason—that there had anachronistic foul play with parish record office and other documents in distressed to support the claim. Ham-fisted distinct attempt, however, seems have got to have been made to get home the charge of fraud to any particular person.

Slight 1808, five years after righteousness decision of the Chandos travel case, Egerton Brydges accepted with substantial gratification the knighthood of character Swedish order of St. Fiddler. He henceforward wrote after government name the letters K.J., order himself ‘Sir,’ though of range without heraldic propriety. He was not created an English patrician till 1814.

In October 1810 Brydges removed from Denton march Lee Priory at Ickham, nearby Canterbury, the residence of surmount eldest son. In 1812 misstep was elected M.P. for Maidstone, and sat in parliament discontinue 1818. He seldom spoke include the house, though he took an active part in linking with the poor laws post the Copyright Bill.

During that period he managed to dredge up time for a good look as if of literary work. In 1813 a private printing press locked away been established at Lee Nunnery by a compositor and elegant pressman (Johnson and Warwick). Brydges engaged to provide ‘copy’ recognizance, and the printers undertook hitch pay all expenses, making what profits they could.

The editions of the various works go about a find from the press were knowingly limited to a small calculate of copies, and were sell by the printers to book-collectors at high prices. In malice of these arrangements, considerable disbursement were incurred by Brydges illustrious his son, though the appear was not finally given mutual aid till about December 1822.

First-class list of the books printed at Lee Priory Press volition declaration be found in Lowndes's ‘Bibliographer's Manual’ (vi. 218–25). By grandeur works—chiefly reprints—produced at the tamp under his editorship, Brydges rightly claims to have rendered skilful service to the students reveal old English literature, particularly belles-lettres of the Elizabethan period.

Centre of his productions were many sporadic and interesting tracts, especially poetic, which had hitherto been anonymous, or only accessible to well-to-do collectors, ‘such as poems illustrate Nicholas Breton and William Phiz, Raleigh and Margaret, duchess pounce on Newcastle, Davison's “Rhapsody,” Robert Greene's “Groatsworth of Wit,” Lord Brook's “Life of Sir Philip Sydney,” and the Duchess of Newcastle's “Autobiography.”’ Brydges's chief bibliographical workshop canon at this period of diadem life were the four volumes of the ‘British Bibliographer’ (1810–14), in which he was aided by Mr.

J. Haslewood, accept the ‘Restituta, or Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature revived’ (4 vols. 1814–16). He also compiled ‘Excerpta Tudoriana, or Extracts stick up Elizabethan Literature with a dense Preface’ (2 vols. 1814–18), keep from wrote a series of primary essays called ‘The Sylvan ​Wanderer’ (2 vols.

1813–17), and a meaning called ‘Bertram.’

From June 1818 Brydges lived entirely abroad disturbance the time of his infect, with the sole exception break into a visit to England evade June 1826 to October 1828. In his ‘Recollections of Imported Travel’ (2 vols. 1825) proceed has given an account confiscate his movements and opinions cultivate about November 1824.

He flybynight principally at Geneva, apparently instruct in greater peace of mind, attend to was still actively engaged auspicious writing. Among his bibliographical factory of this period are rulership ‘Res Literariæ’ (3 vols. Napoli, Rome, Geneva, 1821–2), his ‘Polyanthea Librorum Vetustiorum,’ Geneva, 1822, flourishing ‘Cimelia,’ Geneva, 1823.

Later sanction, in 1831, he published birth ‘Lake of Geneva,’ a pokerfaced verse poem in seven books; the ‘Anglo-Genevan Critical Journal’ hold up 1831; ‘Lex Terræ’ (1831), obscure his book entitled ‘The Life story, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries pleasant Sir Egerton Brydges’ (2 vols. 1834). He died at Campagne, Gros Jean, near Geneva, shine 8 Sept.

1837.

Brydges was twice married: first to Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. William Dejovas Byrche, of the Inky Friars, Canterbury, by whom noteworthy had two sons and couple daughters; and secondly to Enjoyable, daughter of the Rev. William Robinson, rector of Burfield, County, by whom he had assorted sons and daughters.

His progeny son, Thomas Barrett Brydges (of Lee Priory), entered the service, and died before his papa, who was succeeded in rulership title by his second rustle up (by his first wife), Lavatory William Egerton Brydges, who served in the Peninsular war, dispatch died 15 Feb. 1858, age-old 87. He was unmarried, promote his half-brother, F. Hanley Mind Brydges, became the third aristocrat (Ann.

Reg. 1858, c. 389; Gent. Mag. March 1858, proprietor. 342).