Nicholas Brady (poet)

Nicholas Brady (28 October 1659 – 20 May 1726), Anglican divine and poet, was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland.

He was the second son of Irishman Major Nicholas Brady (Ó Brádaigh or Mac Brádaigh) and his wife Martha Gernon, daughter of the English-born judge and author Luke Gernon (little is known of her mother); his great-grandfather was Hugh Brady, the first Protestant Bishop of Meath.

He received his education at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford; he had degrees from Trinity College, Dublin (BA 1685, MA 1686, BD & DD 1699)[1] Brady was a zealous promoter of the Glorious Revolution and suffered for his beliefs in consequence.

Like Dryden, he also translated Virgil's Aeneid, and wrote several smaller poems and dramas, as well as sermons.

Notable descendants of Nicholas include Maziere Brady, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.