Brandreth, Henry (M)

Surname: Brandreth
Forename(s): Henry
b. 17 May 1797. d. 17 December 1840. Nationality: English. VIAF.
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)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 11
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
My Stella’s Return 1825 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15067
Verses. To a Lady who Presented the Author with the Flower of a Field Plant, which, if Placed Under the Pillow at Night, is Said to Have the Fairy Property of Causing the Gifted Person to Dream of the Giver 1825 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15076
Lines. To a Lady Who Had Refused Three Separate Proposals; With a Cameo Figure of Sappho 1825 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15085
Song 1826 Forget-Me-Not Poet 13918
Stanzas to Stella 1827 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15631
Song 1827 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15675
Song 1828 Forget-Me-Not Poet 14074
Childhood 1830 Forget-Me-Not Poet 14485
The Bee 1831 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15708
Avondale 1831 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15712
Song 1838 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15804