Brand (or Brants), George jnr, London, cm, upholder and auctioneer (1764–1829). Recorded at Church Row in 1771; 37 Houndsditch, 1790–93; and 8 Nassau St some time between 1790–1829. Son of George Brand, cm, late of St Mary's, Whitechapel; app. to John Kent on 3 April 1764, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 1 May 1771. Employed six non-freemen for six months in 1793, and took app. named Samuel Daniel, 1780–1801. [D; GL, Upholders’ Co. records and Livery lists; GL, City Licence bks, vol. 10]