John Studholme Brownrigg (17 March 1786 – 1853) was an English merchant and British

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politician who sat in the

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from 1835 to 1847.

Early life

Brownrigg was born on 17 March 1786 in Windsor. He was the third son of Lydia ( Eames) Brownrigg, of Boston, Massachusetts, and Lt. John Studholme Brownrigg (1754–1787) of the 38th Foot. His paternal uncle was Sir Robert Brownrigg, 1st Baronet, the

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Career

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military cadet of the 1800 season, he arrived in India in August 1801 and was commissioned

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in the 12th

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in November 1801, being promoted to Lieutenant in September 1803. He served under General Lake with the 12th N.I. in the Second Mahratta War, being present at the Battle of Laswarree, on 1 November 1803, "as fierce a fight as was ever fought by men." In 1851, he received the

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with clasp for Laswarree. Brownrigg transferred to the 8th N.I., and was Adjutant and Quartermaster of that unit between 1805 and 1810. He served in the capture of Java in August 1811 but neither claimed nor received the medal for that campaign. He was also Secretary to the Military Board from February 1813 until his resignation from the army in April 1820, having been promoted Captain in February 1815. After his HEIC army service, Brownrigg became a

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merchant and partner in Charles Cockerill & Co. He was also a director of the Royal Bank of Australasia and deputy governor of the

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. Captain Brownrigg was an unsuccessful candidate for the

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in the 1832 general election but was elected in the 1835 election and re-elected in the

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and 1841 elections. Captain Brownrigg represented Boston as a Member of Parliament until his retirement in 1847.

Personal life

On 11 December 1812, he married Elizabeth Rebecca Cassamaijor, a daughter of James Henry Cassamaijor, Esq. Together, they were the parents of: * John Studholme Brownrigg (1814–1889), a General who fought in the

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; he married Katharine Williams-Wynn, daughter of Sir

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, in 1840. After her death, he married Beatrice Laura Desanges, daughter of

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. * Sophia Ann Brownrigg (1816–1906), who married Sir Charles Alexander Wood, son of Thomas Wood, MP for

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and aide-de-camp to

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, in 1838. * Jane Agnes Brownrigg (1818–1891), who married Sir John Harington, 10th Baronet, son of

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, in 1846. He died at home in Middlesex in September 1853.See DNW auction of 13 September 2012 for detail on military biography.

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