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Sophia Kingdom (15 February 1775 – 5 January 1855), later known as Lady Brunel, was the mother of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Her father was William Kingdom, a contracting agent for the Royal Navy and the army , and her mother was Joan Spry.
- Early Life
- Travelling to France and Meeting Marc
- The Terror
- Marc in America
- Reunion
- Portsea and A Growing Family
- The Misfortune
- London and The Tunnel
Sophia Kingdom was the 16thchild of William Kingdom and Joan Spry. William was a Plymouth Naval contractor. Sophia had a mix of older brothers and sisters. Sophia’s father died when she was young*, and she passed into the care of her eldest brother along with a number of her other young siblings. At least one brother was a lawyer, one went into the...
So, on the 2ndDecember 1792, at 17 years old, Sophia gets onto a boat at Portsmouth for the 2 day journey to Le Havre. She travelled with a couple of friends, but when they arrived they realised the extent of the political unrest, and decided that it was not safe to be in France. They were quickly able to secure return passage, but Sophia had becom...
We’re now in summer 1793, the remaining French royals are imprisoned, and bread is scarce. Monsieur Carpentier has links to America and manages to obtain a passport for Marc on the pretext of going to New York to buy corn for the navy. Unfortunately, France has been at war with Britain since February, so there is no way to obtain a passport for Sop...
WhilstMarc was in America, he would occasionally write to Sophia, in one letter including a miniature painting of her from memory, along with one of him. In her widowhood she wore these in a locket, though the letters that accompanied them are gone. It is one of very few pictures of her. Despite the attempt to stay in contact, he is unlikely to hav...
He had a good idea, a letter of recommendation, and a strong desire to see Sophia. How do we know that she was his top priority? There is some argument regarding exact date and place of landing, but he likely landed at Plymouth on the 13th March 1799. He went from there to London, reaching London on the 16thand immediately meeting with Sophia’s bro...
They settled in Portsea, where Sophia had a brother who was a naval agent and offered to help Marc convince the navy of his blockmaking plans. However, the current suppliers, the Taylor family, were uninterested in changing their methods and rebuffed him. Now, it’s not necessarily connected, but according to family gossip, one of the suits that Sop...
The blockmaking was a success, though the government avoided paying a fair price. Between that and issues with other endeavours, the family fortunes were rather variable. They ran out of money and, in 1821, (the year after the younger Sophia was married) Marc was committed to the King’s Bench Prison in Southwark for debt. In later years this episod...
He threw himself back into work, and things went well for a while. They moved around as Marc’s projects required, moving from Lindsay Row in Chelsea to the somewhat looked down upon area of Blackfriars when work on the Thames Tunnel started, in order to be nearer the works. When Isambard was injured building the tunnel, Sophia moved in with him for...
Sophia Kingdom (15 February 1775 – 5 January 1855), later known as Lady Brunel, was the mother of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Her father was William Kingdom, a contracting agent for the Royal Navy and the army, and her mother was Joan Spry. She was born in Plymouth, England. She was the youngest of sixteen children.
Sophia Kingdom (Inglaterra, 15 de febrero de 1775–5 de enero de 1855), que sería conocida como Lady Brunel, estuvo casada con el ingeniero Marc Brunel y fue la madre del también ingeniero Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Whilst Brunel had been in the United States, Sophia Kingdom had remained in Rouen and during the Reign of Terror, she was arrested as an English spy and daily expected to be executed. She was only saved by the fall of Robespierre in June 1794. In April 1795 Kingdom was able to leave France and travel to London.
4 de jan. de 2024 · Su futura esposa Sophia Kingdom fue apresada por los revolucionarios y acusada de espía inglesa. Ambos se reencontraron en Londres hacia 1799, donde Marc había comenzado una notable carrera que culminaría con la construcción del Thames Tunnel.
Sophia Kingdom was sent to France to improve her knowledge of the French language. While working there as a governess she met Marc Isambard Brunel (1769–1849) at Rouen in the early 1790s. In 1793, Marc Brunel had to flee the French Revolution, going to the United States, but Sophia remained in Rouen.
