See also
| Husband: | Antonio Brady (1811-1881) | |
| Wife: | Maria Kilner (1812- ) | |
| Children: | Nicholas Brady (1839-1911) | |
| Fanny Maria Brady (1840- ) | ||
| Elizabeth Kilner Brady (1841- ) | ||
| Marriage | 18 May 1837 | |
| Name: | Antonio Brady | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Anthony Brady (1777-1847) | |
| Mother: | Marianne Perigal (1780-1868) | |
| Birth | 10 Nov 1811 | Deptford, Kent |
| Baptism | 9 Dec 1811 (age 0) | Saint Paul, Deptford, London |
| Title | Sir | |
| Census | 1841 (age 29-30) | Admiralty Clerk, 6 Whitehall Place, Milton, Gravesend |
| Census | 1851 (age 39-40) | Admiralty clerk, 7 Forest Lane, West Ham |
| Census | 1881 (age 69-70) | Knight, JP, Ververer (Epping Forest), 7 Forest Lane, West Ham, Essex |
| Death | 12 Dec 1881 (age 70) | 7 Forest Lane, Maryland Point, Stratford, Essex |
| Burial | 1881 | St. John the Evangelist Church in Stratford |
| Name: | Maria Kilner | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | George Kilner ( - ) | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1812 | Woodham Walter, Essex |
| Baptism | 24 Dec 1812 (age 0) | Woodham Walter, Essex |
| Parents: George Kilner & Maria | ||
| Census | 1851 (age 38-39) | Wife in household |
| Name: | Nicholas Brady | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Emma Godson (1830-1914) | |
| Birth | 1839 | Stratford, Essex |
| Birth fact | 1839 (age 0) | 1839 M Quarter in WEST HAM UNION Volume 12 Page 255 |
| Census | 1841 (age 1-2) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1851 (age 11-12) | Pupil, Shoreham, Sussex |
| Census | 1861 (age 21-22) | Undergraduate Trinity Coll, visiting Henry Brady, Devonport |
| Census | 1871 (age 31-32) | Curate in Charge, Vicarage, Halstead, Essex |
| Census | 1881 (age 41-42) | Rector of Wennington, Rainham Hall, Rainham, Essex |
| Census | 1901 (age 61-62) | Church of England Clergyman, Rainham Hall, Rainham |
| Death fact | 1911 (age 71-72) | 1911 Mar Qtr, Romford, 4a/322 (aged 71) |
| Death | 1911 (age 71-72) | Romford, Essex |
| Burial | 1911 | Wennington, Essex |
| Name: | Fanny Maria Brady | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1840 | Stratford, Essex |
| Birth fact | 1840 (age 0) | 1840 S Quarter in WEST HAM UNION Volume 12 Page 253 |
| Census | 1841 (age 0-1) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1851 (age 10-11) | Living with parents |
| Name: | Elizabeth Kilner Brady | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1841 | Stratford, Essex |
| Birth fact | 1841 (age 0) | 1841 D Quarter in WEST HAM UNION Volume 12 Page 246 |
| Census | 1851 (age 9-10) | Living with parents |
Admiralty official, naturalist, and social reformer, Brady is remembered for his part in the campaign to preserve Epping Forest from enclosure in 1871. He was associated with church work of all kinds, particularly among the poor. He published in 1869 "The Church's Works and its Hindrances, with Suggestions for Church Reform". He was particularly interested in sanitary reform and in relieving the distress caused by cholera epidemics.
Brady was an original life member of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and was especially active on its geological section.
He was knighted by the queen at Windsor on 23 June 1870 for his services to the Admiralty.
Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
In 1863 the biggest ever Mammoth skull to be discovered in the UK was unearthed, at the Uphill Pit on Ilford Lane. The specimen was one of the best preserved remains ever found, and included tusks that were over 10 feet long.
In charge of the delicate removal operation was Sir Antonio Brady, a Stratford based civil servant and amateur geologist. He had taken an interest in all of the previous discoveries around the area and through his own financial contribution, ensured that they were preserved and catalogued. However it was the 'Ilford Mammoth' that was his proudest find.
Brady's total haul of bones and fossils included over 100 mammoth remains and around 70 woolly rhinoceros' all of which were donated to the Natural History Museum, which is where the Ilford Mammoth skull is displayed today.
http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/leisure/mammoth.cfm
In 1884 the interior of St John's Church was completely changed when it was extended with the building of the Chancel, the Choir Vestry and the Organ Chamber. There is a plaque near the organ stating that the Chancel is in memory of Sir Antonio Brady, a famous geologist of the time. His collection of prehistoric animals is now part of the national collection at the British Museum. Sir Antonio Brady died suddenly in 1881 at the family home in Forest Lane, and was buried in St John's churchyard.
A Brief History of St John's: http://www.stjohnse15.freeserve.co.uk/history/history19.html
Sir Antonio Brady served for upwards of forty years in different appointments under the Admiralty. He became the head of the Contract and Purchase Department, and on his retirement he was knighted by Her Majesty in recognition of his services; he was a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex ; he belonged to numerous scientific societies, and was most active and zealous as a lay member of the Established Church; he took a leading part in founding the Plaistow and Victoria Dock Mission, and it was mainly through his instrumentality that the East London Museum at Bethnal Green was established ; be exerted himself energetically in the preservation of Epping Forest for the use of the people, and was appointed Judge of the Court of Verderers for the Forest; he spent much time and money in collecting the valuable remains of extinct animals discovered at Ilford, Essex ; this collection, comprising upwards of 1,000 specimens, is now in the British Museum; he was ever ready to preside at meetings or otherwise assist when there was any good work to be accomplished; he was buried at St. John's, Stratford, Essex, on the 16th December, 1881.
Source: Some Account of the Perigal Family (1887)
4 February 1882. The Will with a Codicil of Sir Antonio Brady late of 7 Forest Lane Maryland Point Stratford in the County of Essex Knight who died 12 December 1881 at 7 Forest Lane was proved at the Principal Registry by Henry Brady of Holly Lodge Dovercourt in the said County Esquire the Brother and the Reverend Nicholas Brady of Rainham Hall Romford in the said County Clerk the Son two of the Executors. Personal Estate £21,240 12s. 1d.