George Count deBruhl

Count deBruhl The other day I visited Chingford Old Church, Essex, and saw for the first time a plain headstone to the memory of "George, Count deBruhl, died 1855, aged 80 years." It would be very interesting to lovers of Carlyle's "Frederick the Great" if it could be shown what connection there was between the Saxon Prime Minister, Count deBruhl, who suffers from the lash of Carlyle, and the George, Count deBruhl, whose bones lie at Chingford; also what led to his burial overlooking the valley of Isaac Walton's gentle Lea. For the information of the curious among your readers, I may add that the stone is to be found on the left of the stile leading from the path across the Lea valley meadows.
F.H. Wiltshire.
Notes and Queries, Page 189 September 05, 1903

Transcribed by Norman DeBruhl
February 28, 2009