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'''George Adlington Brandreth''' (1828 in [[Leeds]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], [[England]] – November 15, 1897, in [[Ossining (village), New York|Sing Sing]], [[Westchester County, New York]]) was an American lawyer, manufacturer and politician from [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name=obit/>▼
[[File:George Brandreth.jpg|thumb|George A. Brandreth Portrait (Oil on Canvas)]]
▲'''George Adlington Brandreth''' (
==Life==
He was
George Brandreth studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Sing Sing. He married Virginia Gadsby Ward (d. 1872, a daughter of Congressman [[Aaron Ward (representative)|Aaron Ward]]), and they had four daughters: Eliza V. "Lily" (Brandreth) Larkin, Helen Ward (Brandreth) Potter (d. 1905), Fanny R. (Brandreth) Kane and Mary Watson (Brandreth) Borup.
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In 1892, he ran for Congress in the [[New York's 16th congressional district|16th District]] but was defeated by Democrat [[William Ryan (53rd Congress)|William Ryan]].
He died of "fatty degeneration of the heart" on November 15, 1897, in [[Ossining (village), New York|Sing Sing]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news
George A. Brandreth's granddaughter Yvette Borup Andrews (1891-1959) was a photographer and filmmaker for several [[American Museum of Natural History]] expeditions to Central Asia.<ref name="Pyne">Lydia Pyne, [https://publicdomainreview.org/2018/01/10/yvette-borup-andrews-photographing-central-asia/ "Yvette Borup Andrews: Photographing Central Asia"], ''The Public Domain Review'' (January 10, 2018).</ref>
==References==
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==Sources==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=E5-HAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA40 ''Congressional Directory for 1852''] (page 40)
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*[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40B13FC3B58137A93C4AB178ED85F408684F9 ''Meeting of the State Committee of War Democrats''] in NYT on May 26, 1864
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*[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzlAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA473 ''New York Civil List''] (1865; pages 473 and 475)
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