Captain Henry William Brendel (December 10, 1857 – September 14, 1940) was an American lawyer and government official.

[6] In October 1897,[7] Brendel was appointed by President William McKinley to succeed Peter C. Doyle as Collector of the Port of Buffalo.

[9] Afterwards, he continued the practice of law, retaining an active interest in Brendel, Standart and Bagot in the Mutual Life Building, until his death in 1940.

[10] In 1878, Brendel enlisted as a private into Company D of the 74th Regiment of the National Guard of the State of New York.

Her paternal grandfather, Frederick Albrecht Haupt, was ennobled in 1841 by Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, before immigrating to the U.S. in 1857.

[11] Together, Henry and Augusta were the parents of two daughters:[2] He was a member of the Lutheran St. Stephen's Evangelical Church and the Teutonia Maennerchor singing society.