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Dorothy Brett (Best)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: England
Death: 1837 (46-47)
Place of Burial: Sydney Street, London, Greater London, England, SW3 6NH, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of George Best and Caroline Scott
Wife of Rev. Joseph George Brett
Mother of William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher, PC and Gordon Forbes Brett
Sister of Thomas Fairfax Best; Private; Private; Private and Private

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About Dorothy Brett

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brett-998

Rev Joseph George Brett Jr was born 1790, the son of Joseph George Brett and Isabella Maria Christiana Forbes. He was vicar of Lenham, Kent, of Ranelagh, Chelsea, London.

Died in 1852. Will Probate 18 Jun 1852 [1]

His wife was Dorothy Best.

Issue: [1]

  1. Wilford George Brett d. 1871
  2. Reginald Best Brett, Major d. 1859
  3. Richard Rich Wilford Brett d. c 1857
  4. Francis Augustus Brett
  5. Isabella Maria Christiana Brett
  6. Anna Dora Brett d. 14 May 1858 m. James Pattison Currie [2]
  7. William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher (1815 - 1899)
  8. Sir Wilford Brett b. 1824 d. 1901

Sources

  1. The Peerage http://www.thepeerage.com/p14107.htm#i141064
  2. Gentleman's Magazine: Or, Monthly Intelligencer
  3. Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 119
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Dorothy Brett's Timeline

1790
1790
England
1815
August 13, 1815
1837
April 14, 1837
Age 47
St. Luke’s Chelsea, Sydney Street, London, Greater London, England, SW3 6NH, United Kingdom
1837
Age 47
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