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Line 1: {{short description\|American politician}} '''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''' (~~1828 in~~October ~~[[Leeds]]~~16, ~~[[West Riding of Yorkshire]], [[England]]~~1828 – 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/> ==Life== He was ~~the~~born ~~son~~in of[[Leeds]], England, to [[Benjamin Brandreth]] and Harriet (Smallpage) Brandreth. After the death of his second wife, Benjamin Brandreth emigrated in 1835 to the [[United States]] with his small children and settled in [[New York City]] where he manufactured his [[Panacea (medicine)\|panacea]] "Brandreth's Pills." Due to the enormous increase in production, he removed in 1838 to Sing Sing (now Ossining), and established there the [[Brandreth Pill Factory]]. 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. Line 14 ⟶ 18: 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 ~~\|author= \|coauthors=~~ \|title=Death of G. A. Brandreth \|url=~~http~~https://~~query~~timesmachine.nytimes.com/~~mem~~timesmachine/~~archive-free~~1897/11/16/105958058.pdf~~?res=FB0A16F6385416738DDDAF0994D9415B8785F0D3 \|quote=~~ \|newspaper=[[New York Times]] \|date=November 16, 1897 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2015-01-11 }}</ref> 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== Line 21 ⟶ 27: ==Sources== [https://books.google.com/books?id=E5-HAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA40 ''Congressional Directory for 1852''] (page 40) [~~http~~https://~~query~~timesmachine.nytimes.com/~~mem~~timesmachine/~~archive-free~~1854/04/27/76436931.pdf~~?res=F20C1FF83E59157493C5AB178FD85F408584F9~~ ''LATEST INTELLIGENCE''] in NYT on April 27, 1854 [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40B13FC3B58137A93C4AB178ED85F408684F9 ''Meeting of the State Committee of War Democrats''] in NYT on May 26, 1864 [~~http~~https://~~query~~timesmachine.nytimes.com/~~mem~~timesmachine/~~archive-free~~1872/03/06/79014233.pdf~~?res=F00C14FA3C5D1A7493C4A91788D85F468784F9~~ Death notice] of his wife Virginia, in NYT on March 6, 1872 [~~http~~https://~~query~~timesmachine.nytimes.com/~~mem~~timesmachine/~~archive-free~~1883/09/26/106258272.pdf~~?res=F10814F6385F15738DDDAF0A94D1405B8384F0D3~~ ''MAARIAGES IN SEPTEMBER; LARKIN - BRANDRETH...''] in NYT on September 26, 1883 (his daughter Lily V. Brandreth's marriage) [~~http~~https://~~query~~timesmachine.nytimes.com/~~mem~~timesmachine/~~archive-free~~1892/11/29/106893679.pdf~~?res=FA0810FD345515738DDDA00A94D9415B8285F0D3~~ ''NEW YORK'S OFFICIAL VOTE''] in NYT on November 29, 1892 [~~http~~https://~~query~~timesmachine.nytimes.com/~~mem~~timesmachine/~~archive-free~~1897/12/07/100433422.pdf~~?res=F10D12FD3E5913738DDDAE0894DA415B8785F0D3~~ ''BRANDRETH'S WILL FILED''] in NYT on December 7, 1897 [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzlAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA473 ''New York Civil List''] (1865; pages 473 and 475) Line 37 ⟶ 43: [[Category:1828 births]] [[Category:1897 deaths]] [[Category:~~People~~English ~~from~~emigrants ~~Leeds~~to the United States]] [[Category:People from Ossining, New York]] [[Category:Members of the New York State Assembly]] Line 44 ⟶ 50: [[Category:American consuls]] [[Category:19th-century American diplomats]] [[Category:19th-century American ~~politicians~~legislators]]