page_title: Charles Clifton Brittlebank
section_title: Ancestors
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Clifton Brittlebank / Ancestors
caption_attribution_description: Panorama of the Peak District
context_page_description: Charles Clifton Brittlebank was an Australian plant pathologist, mycologist, scientific illustrator, university lecturer and farmer. In all of his endeavours he became outstanding in his field, gaining international acclaim for his discoveries and publications. In February 1992 he was officially commemorated by the naming of the road Brittlebank Circuit, in the suburb of Banks, in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
context_section_description: From 17th to 19th centuries the Brittlebank family was well-established in Wirksworth, in the Peak District of Derbyshire in England.  The family prospered as (amongst other things) members of the legal profession and owners of lead mines.  In 1700 Hugh Brittlebank (1675–1764) moved from Wirksworth to the village at the centre of lead mining, Winster, becoming the owner of the substantial manor house and grounds, Oddo House.
  Hugh Brittlebank's family came to own most of the village of Winster. They were at the centre of dramatic events in 1821 when they seem to have overstepped the mark, as the Times (London, England) reported on 2 June 1821: three of Hugh's great-great-grandsons forced a local doctor, William Cuddie, into a duel at which he was mortally wounded. The shooter, William Brittlebank, then disappeared completely.  The other two brothers involved, Andrew and Francis,  were tried for murder but were acquitted, in August 1821.
caption: The Peak District, Derbyshire, England
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