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BRIGGS, SIR JOHN HENRY, eldest son of Sir John Thomas Briggs, Kt, Accountant-Gen. of the Navy, and Fanny, dau. of Thomas Lewis, Cadiz, Spain; b. 19 Apr 1808; adm. 23 Sep 1822 (Stikeman's); left 1825; Third Class Clerk, Admiralty Apr 1827- Dec 1834, Second Class Clerk Dec 1834 – Jan 1849, First Class Clerk Jan 1849 – Jul 1865, Chief Clerk 13 Jul 1865 – 28 Mar 1870; knighted 23 Jun 1870; author, Naval Administrations 1827-92, ed. by Lady Briggs, 1897; m. 1st, 27 Jan 1841 Amelia, eldest dau. of Luke Hopkinson, Bedford Row, London, coachmaker; m. 2nd, 9 Feb 1889 Elizabeth Charlotte, dau. of James Gruar; d. 26 Feb 1897.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.