NAME: IRVING BROCK

Sex: M

Birth: 23 MAY 1775 in Guernsey, Channel Islands

Death: 1838 in Bath, England

NOTES:

Irving, born May 23th 1775. Associated with is brother William and J.E. Tupper at the London bank; writer and translater of "Bernier's travels in India", and a friend of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. Died in 1838 in his home at Bath. No descendants.

1817 December 3: Grant of 600 acres to Daniel Delisle Brock, William Brock, John Lavery Brock, Irving Brock (4 brothers of Sir Isaac Brock), Monaghan Township

Irving was born in 1775. He was a merchant banker with his brother William in London. He had literary tastes and wrote pamphlets of some importance. Isaac praised his "purity of language," commenting "I am all anxiety for your literary fame." Irving died without children.

Father: Jean (John) Brock b: 24 JAN 1729 in St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, England

Mother: Elizabeth de Lisle b: 1733 in Guernsey, Channel Islands

Marriage 1 Fanny Langley b: ABT 1780

Children

Peter Brock b: ABT 1800

Elizabeth Brock b: ABT 1800

Rebecca Brock b: ABT 1800

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Irving was born in 1775.

He was a merchant banker with his brother William in London.

He had literary tastes and wrote pamphlets of some importance.

Isaac praised his "purity of language," commenting 

"I am all anxiety for your literary fame."

Irving died without children.

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Extract from a book...........THE HISTORY OF GUERNSEY

In the afternoon, the British troops having assembled from various points, and now equal in number, quickly compelled the enemy to surrender, upwards of 900 men being made prisoners. So beloved was Brock by the 49th, that his death is said to have cost the invaders many a life on that day, which otherwise had been spared. After lying in state at the government house, the deceased was interred with every military honor, in a cavalier bastion, at Fort George ; and as soon as the funeral solemnities were ended on the British side, the Americans, by a previous intimation from their general, fired a compliment of minute guns on theirs !!! In person, Sir Isaac Brock was tall, erect, and well proportioned, his countenance was fine and benevolent, and his manners were frank and engaging.—One of his brothers, Ferdinand, a lieutenant of the 60th regiment, was slain in the defence of Baton Rouge, on the Mississippi, in the first American war ; and another, John, a lieutenant-colonel, was killed in 1802, in a duel at the Cape of Good Hope, in consequence of his having, as steward of a public ball, very properly resisted the introduction, by his antagonist, who was a captain in the army, of a female of disreputable character. Another brother was the bailiff, or chief magistrate of Guernsey; and the tenth and youngest brother, Irving, who died at Bath in 1838, was "the accomplished translator of Bernier's Travels in India."

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Bernier wrote a number of letters during his travels in India. These letter, originally written in French and meant for various people he knew, were later translated and printed by various publishers in a book format. The first one was published in 1670 and created great interest in the west. Subsequently, Travels in the Mogul Empire By François Bernier, Translated by Irving Brock was published 1826. In 1870 came Voyages de François Bernier ( in English language as Travels in the Mogul Empire), and in 1891 Travels in the Mogul Empire, edited by Archibald Constable.

'TRAVELS IN THE MOGUL EMPIRE,

BY

FRANCIS BERNIER.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH By Irving Brock

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These books for a long time the only authoritative source on description of Kashmir.

Immediately opposite to us, on the Canada Heights, was the lofty pillar erected as a monument to the memory of General Sir Isaac Brock, the brother of my venerable and esteemed friend, Daniel de Lisle Brock, the present bailiff or chief magistrate of the Island of Guernsey, and of Mr. Irving Brock, the accomplished translator of Bernier's Travels in India, who died recently at Bath. The monument which is erected over the remains of the general, near the spot where he received his mortal wound, when defending the post against an attack of the Americans on the 13th of October, 1812, is a white column of 126 feet in height, erected on a hill 270 feet above the level of the Niagara stream below it, so that it is seen conspicuously from all parts of the surrounding country.

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IRVING BROCK Pedigree

 Male   Family  

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Event(s):

Birth:  1767   

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Parents:

 Father:  JOHN BROCK  Family 

 Mother:  ELIZABETH DE LISLE     

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Marriages:

 Spouse:  FANNY LANGLEY  Family 

 Marriage:  About 1790   Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands