The Brickwood Baronetcy, of

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, was a title in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...

. It was created on 29 June 1927 for Sir John Brickwood, chairman and managing director of Brickwood & Co Ltd, brewers, and chairman of the

chamber of commerce. Brickwood had previously been

knighted A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church, or the country, especially in a military capacity. The concept of a knighthood ...

on 5 July 1904. The title became extinct on the death of his son from his third marriage, the third Baronet (who had succeeded his half-brother in 1974), in 2006.

Brickwood baronets, of Portsmouth (1927–2006)

*Sir John Brickwood, 1st Baronet (1852–1932) *Sir Rupert Redvers Brickwood, 2nd Baronet (1900–1974) *Sir Basil Graeme Brickwood, 3rd Baronet (1923–2006)

Brickwoods Brewery

The Brickwood family had a long history in brewing, beginning in 1851 with an early brewery (the Cobden Arms Brewery on Arundel Street, Portsmouth) and then from 1891, formally under the name Brickwood & Co Ltd. Their principal brewery was constructed in 1902 in

and was named the Portsmouth Brewery (itself closing in 1983). During the late 19th and early 20th century, the family firm acquired numerous local brewers in and around

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. In 1974, the company changed its name to Brickwoods Ltd. By the 1970s, the company owned a large brewing operation and 675

pubs A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the ...

which were sold to

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in 1971 by Sir Basil Graeme Brickwood and family.

Portsmouth Football Club

John Brickwood (1852-1932) and six local businessmen met at 12 High Street in

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on 5 April 1898 to pool their resources to form

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. 12 High Street was the office of John Edward Pink, John Brickwood's solicitor. Brickwood became the club's first chairman and oversaw the growth of the club until 1912 when the original Portsmouth Football Club was dissolved and reformed to clear large debts. Brickwood was succeeded as chairman in 1912 by George Lewin Oliver, a fellow founding director of Portsmouth Football Club.

Brickwoods Field Gun competition

The Brickwoods

Field gun competition The Royal Navy's command field gun competition was a contest between teams from a number of Royal Navy commands, in which teams of sailors compete to transport a field gun and its equipment over and through a series of obstacles in the shortest t ...

started in 1907 after Sir John Brickwood (1852-1932) donated a magnificent Trophy to the Royal Navy. The Brickwoods Trophy competition, as it became known, involved teams only from the Portsmouth area. The Brickwood Trophy competition differs to the more famous Command Field Gun competitions that were held during the

Royal Tournament The Royal Tournament was the world's largest military tattoo and pageant, held by the British Armed Forces annually between 1880 and 1999. The venue was originally the Royal Agricultural Hall, before moving to Olympia London and latterly the Ea ...

up until 1999, the Brickwood Trophy competition course has no obstacles and is run on a shorter flat track. The Brickwood Trophy competition continues to be competed for on an annual basis at

HMS Collingwood Three ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Collingwood'', after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood: * , an 80-gun second-rate ship of the line, converted to screw propulsion in 1861, a ...

as part of the HMS Collingwood Open day.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brickwood Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom