689 Theodore Brinckman

Constituency : Canterbury  1868-74

Theodore  regained  one  of  the  Canterbury  seats  for  the  Liberals.

Theodore  was  the  son  of a  baronet  and  a  grandson  of  Baron  Godolphin. He  was  educated  at  Eton  then  joined  the  17th  Regiment  of  Foot. He  served  in  the  Crimean  War  and  rose  to  the  rank  of  captain. He  married  the  daughter  of  Marquess  Conyngham.

Theodore's  only  speech  in  Parliament  was  on  a  trivial  issue  of  sherrifs' appointments  in  Ireland.

He  died  in  1905  aged  74.