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their own washerwomen." The Board came to understand that the writer was known to the
Committee of Inquiry, prompting Dean and his commissioners to protest over what they claimed amounted to libel; however, the Inquiry pressed ahead. In the criticism which followed, several members "retired"; Dean too retired in 1846, and it is possible that he was prompted to leave under these circumstances. He was succeeded by Sir
37:; 29 December 1772 − 1 July 1850) was a British civil servant. Dean's family had a history of work in the civil service. His Polish grandfather settled in England and became a confidant to the Duke of Grafton, while Dean's father worked in the Secretary of State's office for most of his life. Following an education at
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As chairman, Dean has been described as "a remarkable man, extremely clever and industrious, yet eccentric". Nevertheless, the
Committee of Inquiry became increasingly critical of the Board and its management during the early 1840s; finding that, of the nine members of the Board, none, except Dean
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published two articles which heavily criticised the Board and its practices; accusing them of "partiality and vindictiveness", the writer also stated that "with the exception of the chairman and vice-chairman, the
Commissioners know as much of the affairs passing through their own departments as
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from 1819; when that Board was merged with its
Scottish equivalent in 1823, he took over as chairman of the new Customs Board for the United Kingdom. Despite complements on his work, elements of the press and Parliament became critical of the commissioners' competence in the 1840s. Dean defended
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and his deputy, "had done any work worthy the name". In turn, Dean protested to the
Committee that their scrutiny of the board should cease; while acknowledging that appointments to it were not meritocratic, he nonetheless defended the men as "gentlemen—men of education". In 1843,
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Arrowsmith (1974), p. 53 states he became Chair in 1823, but he shown as having been appointed on 12 January 1819 in "Return of the names of all persons appointed to the Office of chairman of the board of
Customs or chairman of the board of Inland Revenue, since the year 1800",
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Richard Ryder
Brietzcke Dean (1810–1885), who was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, from 1827, receiving a BA in 1831 and proceeding to MA in 1836; he was a barrister-at-law from 1836 and later became a director of the London and North-Western Railway
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Betenson Brietzcke was born on 29 December 1772, one of four children of Charles Brietzcke (1738–1795), of London, and his wife Catherine (d. 1830), daughter of Richard Ware (d. 1756), a bookseller of
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Edward
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Dean was appointed a Commissioner of Customs for England and Wales in 1810, after Sir Alexander Munro's post on the Board was vacated. At that time,
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621:, Family History Library number 502929 (birth date 26 February 1821, baptism date 21 October 1825, father Richard Betinson Dean, mother: Sobieskie).
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as his Deputy. During his long tenure as chairman, he was called to answer questions by Parliamentary Select Committees on a number of occasions.
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Report from the Select Committee appointed to Inquire into ... the Exportation of Machinery
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Charles Augustus Brietzcke Dean (1808–1839), who was commissioned into the
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Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886
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was Chairman of the Customs Board, and he was joined in 1813 by
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405:Atton and Holland (1908), pp. 265–266
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328:"Brietzeke, Richard Betenson"
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177:Caroline Laura Dean (born 1821).
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631:The Gentleman's Magazine
463:The Gentleman's Magazine
273:Arrowsmith (1974), p. 53
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449:Reports from Committees
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213:House of Commons Papers
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354:Haydn (1851), p. 500
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