Life
Charles Bray was a prosperous ribbon manufacturer who owned the Coventry Herald newspaper. His father had died in 1835, leaving him and each of his 7 siblings a very substantial inheritance. Charles married Caroline "Cara" Hennell (June 4, 1814 - Feb. 21, 1905) on May 26, 1836 at Hackney, Middlesex, England. Charles, a disciple of the great social reformer Robert Owen (1771–1858), used the wealth generated from his businesses to establish nonsectarian public schools and to try to bring about beneficial changes in many other aspects of society. Bray was a freethinker in religious matters and a progressive in politics. He was also a disciple of the phrenologist George Combe (1788–1858).
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