Vice-Admiral Harry Woodfall BRENT

1834 - 1911  (76 years)

• Name	Harry Woodfall BRENT  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Vice-Admiral
  Birth	19 Aug 1834	Middlesex, England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Feb 1911	London, London, England   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I3955	Davidson-Radford

  
  

  Father	Henry BRENT,   b. 24 Nov 1804, Southwark, Surrey, England d. 11 Oct 1895 (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ellen WOODFALL,   b. 4 Aug 1812, Kennington, Kent, England d. 18 Apr 1892, Preston, Sussex, England (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	2 May 1833	St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey, England
  Family ID	F972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Matilda MENZIES,   b. Abt 1839, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 17 Aug 1897 (Age 58 years)
  Children	1. Yvonne Rachel Ann Helena Daisy BRENT,   b. 12 Jun 1868, Southsea, Hampshire, England d. Dec 1918, Kensington, Middlesex, England (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural ]  [Mother: natural ]   2. Henry Dacres Menzie BRENT,   b. 5 Jul 1871, Scotland d. 1 Mar 1887, Gibraltar (Age 15 years)  [Father: natural ]  [Mother: natural ]   3. Rosa Ada Woodfall BRENT,   b. 30 Jan 1873, Scotland d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural ]  [Mother: natural ]   4. Bessie Ellen Ethel BRENT,   b. 4 Apr 1874   d. 10 Feb 1875 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural ]  [Mother: natural ]
  Family ID	F1027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Aug 1834 - Middlesex, England Death - 27 Feb 1911 - London, London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Documents

  Arthur Brent Family Tree Family Tree of Arthur Brent, printed to his order, London, November 1898

  
  

  Histories		Dr John M Creed's Letter to Jean Sanger 1925 Transcript by Ian Davidson of a handwritten letter, copy in the possession of Patricia Reynell O'Neill (nee Sanger) given to her by Lexy Jones (nee Rankin)
  		Harry Woodfall Brent Biographical Notes

  
  

• Notes

  Brent entered the Navy as a cadet in 1848, was promoted to Lieutenan t in 1854. In the 1861 England Census Harry was recorded as being a Li eutenant aboard HMS Amphion, in Malta harbour. He was promoted to Comm ander in 1866 and in the same year co-wrote (with Philip Howard Colomb ) "The Law of Port Helm. An examination into its history and dangerou s action; with suggestions for its abolition". Between 1867 and 187 0 he served in HMS Bellerophon in the Channel and the Mediterranean . In the 1871 England Census, he was listed as Lieut Commander, R.N. , Active List, living in Woolwich, London. He was promoted to Captai in 1875 and commanded the troopship Himalaya from 1879 to 1881, runn ing between Great Britain and the Mediterranean. For a short period h e was Director of the Royal Indian Marine but resigned and after furth er seagoing appointments retired in 1889. He was listed in the 1891 C ensus as Rear Admiral (Ret'd) and was made a Vice-Admiral in 1896. For his Naval biography see http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1206 Sources: 1841 England Census, 1861 England Census, 1871 England Census, 1881 En gland Census, 1891 England Census Creed, Dr John Mildred: Letter to Jean Sanger, 1925 UK National Maritime Museum, online at http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collection s/archive/catalogue/record.cfm?ID=BNT

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Ancestry.com , 1841 England Census, 1861 England Census, 1871 England Census, 1881 England Census, 1891 England Census . [S75] Woodfall Family Tree . [S21] Creed, Dr John Mildred; Letter to Jean Sanger, 1925 . [S10] Ancestry.com , England 1861 Census, 1871 Census . [S10] Ancestry.com , England & Wales Free BMD Death Index: 1837-1983 . [S41] Davis, Peter , i William Loney R.N. - Victorian Naval Surgeon\i0 , (Name: http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1206; ), ) .