Charles Delauney Bravo was a British lawyer died from poisoning with antimony on 21 April 1876. The case is still sensational, notorious and unresolved.
The case is also known as The Charles Bravo Murder and the Murder at the Priory. It was an unsolved crime committed within an elite Victorian household at The Priory, a landmark house in Balham, within the historic parish of Streatham.
His mysterious death in April 1876 was suspected to be murder and Florence (his wife), Jane Cox (Governor) and Dr Gully (Florence's lover) were the main suspects in arguably the most mysterious murder of the 19th century. The inquest was held at the Bedford Hotel in Balham but was not resolved. Florence had previously lived at 10 Leigham Court Road 1873/74 and Dr James Gulley lived at 43 Leigham Court Road. They had met many years before at Malvern where Gully lived at the time.
Charles is buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
