Francis Wentworth Brewster
Francis Wentworth Brewster (1847-1908) of the Bouyant Appliances Supply Co
1877 Patent. '1112. To Francis Wentworth Brewster, of Greenstead Hall, Halstead, in the county of Essex, for the invention of "improvements in warships or vessels, and in applying armour plating thereto, or to other ships, or to forts,"'[1]
1890 Married in Southwark to Sophia Esther Vickers
1899 Patent. '6,788. Francis Wentworth Brewster, High Holborn, London. "Improvements in the manufacture of golf balls and apparatus used therein."[2]
1901 Patent. '6,8l3. Francis Wentworth Brewster, London: An improvement in or applicable to screw propellers'[3]
1901 Living at Chesterfield House, Bournemouth: Francis W. Brewster (age 52 born Greenstead Green, Essex), Engineering Experimentee. With his wife Sophie E. Brewster and seven servants.[4]
1908 Concerning his estate. '...Francis Wentworth Brewster, late of Wrentham-place, Grove-road, Bournemouth, Gentleman, deceased (who died on the 22nd day of September, 1908. and whose will was proved in the Principal Registry of the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice, on the 5th day of November, 1908, by Sophia Esther Brewster, widow, Henry Arthur Hopwood, and Edward Henry Bone, the executors therein named...'[5]
Cambridge University Alumni. 'Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Oct. 1, 1866. S. and h. of Cardinal [Surgeon, 1st Foot, of Essex, J.P.]. B. Apr. 28, 1847, at Halstead, Essex. School, Blackheath proprietary (Mr Selwyn). Matric. Michs. 1866; B.A. 1872; M.A. 1875. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Jan. 9, 1871. Called to the Bar, 1874; never practised. Of Greenstead Hall, Halstead; succeeded his father, Dec. 1889. Died Sept. 22, 1908, at Wreatham Place, Bournemouth.'
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:13 April 1877 Issue:24443 Page:2579
- ↑ Sporting Gazette - Saturday 15 April 1899
- ↑ Lloyd's List - Thursday 11 April 1901
- ↑ 1901 Census
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:27 November 1908 Issue:28200 Page:9114