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Search this blog. He was born in Downing Street, where his father worked as private secretary to Lord North. In , Brummell was sent to Eton with his elder brother, William. They were Oppidans or fee-paying boys and boarded with Dame Young. Brummell mingled with the aristocracy, becoming known for his gentlemanly manners and ready wit, which kept him out of trouble.
He developed an interest in dress and his elegant bearing earned him the nickname Buck Brummell. The dragoons wore elaborate uniforms and liked to be known as Hussars. Brummell obtained promotion to lieutenant in and then captain in , and with each promotion came a new, and grander, uniform. But life in the army had its costs.
A fall, or possibly a kick, from his horse broke his nose, damaging his classic profile. Brummell supported the Prince at his wedding to Princess Caroline in ; he was also one of the drunken companions whom she accused of ruining her honeymoon.
In , he fled to France to escape social ostracism and the sudden demand for payment in full of thousands of pounds sterling owed. Usually, Brummell's gambling debts, as "debts of honour", were always paid immediately. The one exception to this was the final wager recorded for him in White's betting book. Recorded March, , the debt was marked "not paid, 20th January, ". This provided him with a small annuity. He died penniless and insane from syphilis in Caen in In the novel, the title character's uncle, Charles Tregellis, is the center of the London fashion world, until Brummell ultimately supplants him.
Tregellis' subsequent death from mortification serves as a " deus ex machina " in that it resolves Rodney Stone's family poverty, as his rich uncle bequeaths a sum to his sister. Watchmaker LeCoultre made a watch named after him during the s and s. It is an extremely simple watch with no numbers and a small modern face. Brummell's name was adopted by the faux- British Invasion band The Beau Brummels who had top 40 hit records in
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