Bryson Edinburgh clock/watchmakers

[Lloyd Bogart]

I recently purchased a fusee movement marked John Bryson,
George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. The piece has *late* 1800's
characteristics (compensated balance, etc.)

There was a John Bryson, watchmaker and Clockmaker located
in Dalkeith (Not far from Edinburgh) in the 1830's and 1840's,
which 'could' be the same individual (does anyone know?).

And/or can anyone tell me the relationship of *any* John Bryson
to the better-known watchmaker and clockmaker Robert Bryson
of Edinburgh? Robert died in 1852, but his firm (Robert Bryson
& Sons) spanned much of the 19th century, and was in business
until 1893. Neither of his known sons was named John.

Response copies to my email address would be helpful.

thanks

Lloyd
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[Russ Wood]

Hi Lloyd,
According to Britten Robert Bryson had a son Alexander who had a son
Robert. John Bryson of Dalkeith was apprenticed to Thomas Pringle and thus
may be unlikely to be a son of Robert.

However an article in Clocks Magazine (I have a photocopy but no date)
Clocks of the British Isles Part 2 North of the Border, says that Robert
Bryson FRSE ... the firm was then carried on by two sons, the elder son
Alexander ... - no name of the younger son.

I have a longcase clock by Robert Bryson of Edinburgh dated 1797, it is
quite plain and not made to any high quality, however it has kept going for
200 years so cannot be too bad.

I hope the information is of interest to you.

My particular area of interest in the Brysons stems from the article
mentioned above in Clocks which describes proceedings of the Royal Society
of Scotland where Mr Alexander Bryson conceded that Alexander Bain had
anticipated him in the development of a clock impelled by a combination of
gravity and electro-magnetism. If you have any information on this
encounter I would be grateful to receive it, I went up to Edinburgh and
while there tried to do some research but the archives of the RSS were
closed for redecoration.

Regards - Russ Wood

I sent this reply direct to your e-mail but it bounced.

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[ba...@butterroad.com]

John Bryson,(born 1801) master clockmaker, was my 3rd Great Grandfather. His son Andrew was born in 1832.

I'm fascinated by this thread.

Barb Bryson

[Doug Crosbie]

Hello Barb Bryson, I don't know if this will add to your fascination but I have a John Bryson Grandfather clock made in 1832

Regards,

Doug Crosbie

[Laura Giles]

I have a beautiful Bryson clock. If I took a picture can I send to you somehow? Laura Giles

[RustyHinge]

There are dedicated websites like tinyurl and others to which you can
send suitably-sized pics.

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Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.