Vem gifte sig med Marc Isambard Brunel?

Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, född 25 april 1769 i Hacqueville, departementet Eure, död 12 december 1849 i London, var en fransk-brittisk ingenjör. Han var far till Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Brunel fick 1793 överta ledningen av ett kanongjuteri i New York och befästandet av hamninloppet till nämnda stad, men begav sig 1799 till London och anlade där 1811 ett storartat sågverk efter egen uppfinning. Hans mest betydande verk är likväl Thamestunneln. Planen till detta storartade företag var färdig 1819, och 1825 skred man till utförandet. Efter otroliga svårigheter fullbordades verket 1842. Han upphöjdes 1841 till baronet. Han invaldes som utländsk ledamot av Vetenskapsakademien i Stockholm 1828.

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. While working in France 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, but Sophia remained in Rouen. During the Reign of Terror, she was arrested as an English spy, and was saved only by the fall of Robespierre in June 1794. In April 1795, Sophia Kingdom was able to leave France and travel to London.

Marc Brunel and Sophia Kingdom married on 1 November 1799. They had two daughters, Sophia Macnamara and Emma, followed by a son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, born on 9 April 1806. Isambard was one of the greatest engineers of the 19th century. Sophia's sister, Elizabeth Kingdom (1761–1856), married Thomas (1760–1843) the namesake son of Thomas Mudge, the horologist. A Tunnel Boring Machine is named after Sophia.