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Joseph Brand
1605-1674Merchant, landowner and politicianEurope · 1605Most named place: London
Joseph Brand was an English merchant, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.
Brand’s father was a wealthy clothier who acquired Edwardstone, five miles from Sudbury, towards the close of the 16th century. As a younger son, Joseph was sent to London to be apprenticed to merchant. He became a member of the Worshipful Company of Salters by 1632. He succeeded his father’s estate in in Suffolk in 1642. In 1660 Brand was elected alderman of London but gave up the post on paying a fine of £600. In the same year he was elected Member of Parliament for Sudbury in the Convention Parliament.
Joseph Brand died on 9 October 1674, aged 69, and was buried at Edwardstone.
