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{{Short description|British Army officer (died 1864)}}
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'''Sir Edward Brackenbury''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KTS|KSF|DL|JP}} (10 March 1785{{Spaced ndash}}1 June 1864) was a [[British Army]] officer.<ref name="Foster 1883">{{Cite book|last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |author1-link=Joseph Foster (genealogist) |year=1883 |title=The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families, together with their paternal ancestry |section=Brackenbury of Lincolnshire |publisher=Hazell, Watson and Viney |page=117 |location=London and Aylesbury |language=en |oclc= 27480364 |section-url=https://archive.org/details/royallineageofou01fost/page/n78 |access-date=4 September 2023 |quote=Privately printed.}}</ref>

Brackenbury was born on 10 March 1785 at [[Raithby by Spilsby]], [[Lincolnshire]], the second son of Richard Brackenbury of [[Aswardby]], by his wife, Janetta, daughter of George Gunn of [[Edinburgh]].<ref name="Foster 1883"/> He was a direct descendant from [[Robert Brackenbury|Sir Robert Brackenbury]], lieutenant of the [[Tower of London]] in the time of [[Richard III of England|Richard III]].

Having entered the army as an [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]] in the [[61st Foot]] in 1803, and become a [[lieutenant]] on 8 December in the same year. He served in [[Sicily]], in [[Calabria]], at [[Scylla Castle]] and at [[Gibraltar]], 1807–1808, and in the Peninsula from 1809 to the end of the war in 1814. At the [[battle of Salamanca]] he took a piece of artillery from the enemy, guarded by four soldiers, close to their retiring column, without any near or immediate support, and in many other important engagements conducted himself with distinguished valour. As a reward for his numerous services he received the war medal with nine clasps.

On 22 July 1812, he was promoted to a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captaincy]], and after the conclusion of the war was attached to the Portuguese and Spanish army from 25 October 1814 to 25 December 1816, when he was placed on half-pay. He was promoted [[Major (rank)|major]] in the Army in 1817 and purchased a majority in the [[28th Foot]] on 1 November 1827. On 31 January 1828 he was again placed on half-pay. His foreign services were further recognised by his being made a knight of the Portuguese order of the Tower and Sword in 1824, a knight of the Spanish order of St. Ferdinand, and a commander of the Portuguese order of St. Bento d'Avis.

Brackenbury, who was knighted by the king at [[Windsor Castle]] on 26 August 1836, was a magistrate and [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for [[Lincolnshire]]. He was promoted [[lieutenant-colonel]] in the Army on 10 January 1837 while serving in the [[33rd Foot]], and purchased a Majority in the [[69th Foot]] in 1846. The following year he sold his commission.

He was twice married: first, on 9 June 1827, to Maria, daughter of the Rev. Edward Bromhead of [[Reepham, Lincolnshire|Reepham]] near Lincoln, and, secondly, in March 1847, to Eleanor, daughter of Addison Fenwick of [[Bishopwearmouth]] then in [[County Durham]], and widow of W. Brown Clark of [[Belford Hall]] in [[Northumberland]]. She died on 13{{Nbsp}}May 1862 in London. Brackenbury died on 1{{Nbsp}}June 1864 at Skendleby Hall, [[Skendleby]], [[Lincolnshire]].<ref name="Foster 1883"/>

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*{{DNB |first=George Clement |last=Boase |authorlink = George Clement Boase|wstitle=Brackenbury, Edward |volume=6 |page=143}}

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Edward Brackenbury - Revision history

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