Sir Edward Brackenbury DL JP (10 March 1785 – 1 June 1864) was a British Army officer.
[1] He was a direct descendant from Sir Robert Brackenbury, lieutenant of the Tower of London in the time of Richard III.
At the battle of Salamanca he took a piece of artillery from the enemy, guarded by four soldiers, close to their retiring column, without any near or immediate support, and in many other important engagements conducted himself with distinguished valour.
On 22 July 1812, he was promoted to a Captaincy, and after the conclusion of the war was attached to the Portuguese and Spanish army from 25 October 1814 to 25 December 1816, when he was placed on half-pay.
Edward Bromhead of Reepham near Lincoln, and, secondly, in March 1847, to Eleanor, daughter of Addison Fenwick of Bishopwearmouth then in County Durham, and widow of W. Brown Clark of Belford Hall in Northumberland.