Thomas Braddell
Sir Thomas Braddell | |
|---|---|
| Acting Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements | |
| In office 1874–1875 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Governor | Andrew Clarke |
| Preceded by | James W. W. Birch |
| Succeeded by | William Willans (Acting) |
| Attorney-General of Singapore | |
| In office 1 April 1867 – 1 January 1883 | |
| Preceded by | new position |
| Succeeded by | John Augustus Harwood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 January 1823 Rahingrany, County Wicklow, Ireland |
| Died | 19 September 1891 (aged 68) South Kensington, London, England |
| Spouse |
Anne Lee (m. 1852–1891) |
| Relations | Sir Edward Marsh Merewether (son-in-law) |
| Children | Sir Thomas de Multon Lee Braddell (son), Robert Wallace Braddell (son), Honoria Clementina Mary Braddell (daughter) and another daughter |
| Relatives | Rev. Henry Braddell (grandfather) Roland St John Braddell (grandson) |
Sir Thomas Braddell CMG FRGS (30 January 1823 – 19 September 1891) was an Irish lawyer, the first Attorney-General of the British Colony of Singapore.
He was born in Rahingrany, County Wicklow and called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1859. He took the role of Attorney-General of Singapore from 1 April 1867 to 1 January 1883. In 1883, his son Thomas de Multon Lee Braddell was himself attorney-general and, with his brother Robert Wallace Glen Lee Braddell founded the Singapore legal firm of Braddell Brothers.
In the 1850s, he published historical works on the early settlement of Singapore in the Journal of the Indian Archipelago.