Brady, Nicholas

BRADY, NICHOLAS: Church of England clergyman and poet; b. at Bandon (20 m. s.w. of Cork), County Cork, Ireland, Oct. 28, 1659; d. at Richmond, Surrey, May 20, 1726. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford (B.A., 1682), and Trinity College, Dublin (B.A., 1685; M.A., 1686; B.D. and D.D., 1699); took orders in Ireland and received two livings in the diocese of Cork. He was a zealous promoter of the Revolution of 1688 and soon thereafter removed to England; became lecturer at St. Michael's, Wood Street, London; minister at St. Catherine Cree, 1691; rector of Richmond, 1696, and of Clapham, 1706. He was also rector of Stratford-on-Avon, 1702–05, and conducted a school at Richmond. He was chaplain to William 247III, to Mary, and to Queen Anne. He published a tragedy, The Rape, or the Innocent Imposters (London, 1692), a translation of the Æneid of Vergil (4 vols., 1726; now extremely rare), and two volumes of sermons (1704–06); but is remembered chiefly for his share in the New Version of the Psalms of David, produced jointly by himself and Nahum Tate.