Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Bt
(1762-1837), GenealogistRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 3 portraits
Brydges trained as a barrister but never practised. An interest in topography and antiquities led to his editing the Topographer magazine and publishing his Topographical Miscellanies (1792). He also published some significant bibliographical works, including Censura Literaria (1805-09) and Restituta; or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature, Revived (1814-16). Brydges was related to many noble houses and, in 1789, he persuaded his elder brother to claim the recently extinct barony of Chandos. The claim was unsuccessful, but after his brother's death, Brydges styled himself Baron Chandos. In 1814 he was created a baronet in his own right.
Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Bt
by Benjamin Burnell
chalk, 1817
NPG 2393
Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Bt
copy by George Perfect Harding, after Benjamin Burnell
watercolour, 1830s, based on a work of 1817
NPG 2394
Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Bt
after Daniel Maclise
pen and ink, (early 1830s)
NPG D34555
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