BRANDT, Francis. Pendleton, Lancashire 6.5.1840 — Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 17.7.1925. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Robert Brandt and his wife Margaret. Educated at Cheltenham College, became famous as cricketer. After graduation from Oxford (Brasenose College, B.A. 1870) joined I.C.S. in 1862, served in South India. From 1884 Judge in Madras High Court, retired 1887. In 1891-95 Lecturer in Tamil and 1892-95 also in Indian Law at Cambridge. Married Lucy Sophia Dobson (b. 1848), two sons.
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Sources: Stray notes in Internet; Wikipedia (mainly on his career as a cricketer).
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