Richard Brunton (musician)
Richard Brunton may refer to: * Richard Henry Brunton (1841–1901), the "Father of Japanese lighthouses" * Richard Brunton (artist) (c. 1749–1832), British-American artist * Richard Brunton, a character in ''The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his detective fiction, fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The story was originally published in ''The Strand Magazine'' in the United Kingdom in May 1893, ...

Richard Henry Brunton
Richard Henry Brunton FRGS MICE (26 December 1841 – 24 April 1901) was the so-called "Father of Japanese lighthouses". Brunton was born in Muchalls, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was employed by the government of Meiji period Japan as a foreign advisor (''o-yatoi gaikokujin''), primarily to build lighthouses. Over a period of seven and a half years he designed and supervised the building of 26 Japanese lighthouses in the Western style, which became known as Brunton's "children". To operate the lighthouses he established a system of lighthouse keepers, based on the one used in Scotland. He also helped found Japan's first school of civil engineering. In 1871, he was received by Emperor Meiji in recognition of his efforts. Early life Brunton was born in the Coastguard House (now 11 Marine Terrace) at Muchalls, Fetteresso in The Mearns. His father Richard was an officer in the Coastguard Service who had married Margaret Telfor in January 1841. After training as a railwa ...
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Richard Brunton (artist)
Richard Brunton (September 8, 1832) was a British-American artist most notable for his work depicting the American Revolutionary War. Biography Brunton claimed to have been born in Birmingham, England in 1749. He was listed as an apprentice to Joseph Troughton in 1766. From a muster roll dating from May to December 1774, Brunton was listed as a soldier, a part of the grenadier company in the 38th Regiment of Foot. He arrived on July 6, 1774, in the port of Boston. However, he deserted in June 1779 from Verplanck's Point Verplanck's Point lies at the southernmost end of the hamlet of Verplanck in the town of Cortlandt, New York in the upper northwest corner of Westchester County. Both derive their name from the activities of the Verplanck family, established in ..., New York. He married Polly Fullerton on October 14, 1779. In January 1783, Polly and Richard traveled to Groton, Massachusetts while Polly was pregnant. Both were later warned from the town on January 26, 178 ...
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