{"id":6715,"date":"2025-06-06T17:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/?p=6715"},"modified":"2025-06-11T18:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:53:07","slug":"memorial-plaque-for-john-leonhard-brigden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/memorial-plaque-for-john-leonhard-brigden\/","title":{"rendered":"John Leonhard Brigden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<em>by B. van Cleve<\/em><\/p>\n<p>John Leonhard Brigden (spelled Leonhardt on the monument) was born on April 30<sup>th<\/sup> 1814 to John Brigden (1783 \u2013 1833) and his wife Caroline Martha Leonhard (1789 \u2013 1862). He was baptised on 12\/06\/1814 in St. Nicholas Church Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>In 1845 he married <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/genealogy\/records\/mary-brigden-24-1qrwvkx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Murray<\/a> (1824-1886) and they had eight children.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1861 census he is listed as a coach maker. The 1881 census mentions him as employing 30 men and 10 boys. Furthermore he served as mayor of Brighton for four terms.<\/p>\n<p>He died 06\/12\/1903 and is buried in the St. Nicholas of Myra Churchyard in Brighton.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8068&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF JOHN LEONHARDT BRIGDEN J.P. ALDERMAN AND FOUR TIMES MAYOR OF BRIGHTON WHO ENTERED INTO REST DEC 6<sup>TH<\/sup> 1903 AGED 89 YEARS<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]His son William Henry Brigden married \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/genealogy\/records\/charlotte-elizabeth-maynard-24-10rgszj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlotte Elizabeth Maynard<\/a> on 27\/07\/1876, and the wedding took place in St. Peter\u2019s Church.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/memorial-plaque-for-john-muzzall-newnham\/\"><strong>\u2190 previous memorial plaque<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>&#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/memorial-plaque-for-arthur-blackman\/\"><strong>next memorial plaque \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/floor-plan-for-memorial-plaques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Floor plan of memorial plaques in St. Peter&#8217;s Church Brighton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Leonhard Brigden was a coach builder and he was four times mayor of Brighton. 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