b. 17 May 1797. d. 17 December 1840. Nationality: English.
Poet. Alternative signature: “H. Brandreth, Jun., Esq.” Born in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire.
Educated at St. John’s College, Oxford. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the
Medico-Botanical Society. Member of the Royal Humane Society and Literary Fund Society.
Author of several volumes of poetry including *Odes, Original and Translated, with
Other Poems* (1823), *Minstrel Melodies* (1839), *Field Flowers: A Collection of Poems*,
and *The Garland: A Collection of Poems*. Biographical information: Sylvanus Urban,
*The Gentleman’s Magazine*, Volume 15, 1841, pp. 212-14. (SCM, SP, CC)