BRADY, Nicholas, an English divine, the son of Nicholas Brady, an officer of the king's army in the civil war, was born at Bandon in the county of Cork in October 1659. He continued in Ireland till he was twelve years of age; at which period he was sent over to England, entered at Westminster School, and thence in due time removed to Christ Church, Oxford, where he remained about four years. He then returned to Dublin, where his father resided, and immediately commenced bachelor of arts at Trinity College, which afterwards, on his attaining due standing, presented him with a diploma conferring the degree of doctor in divinity. His first ecclesiastical preferment was to a prebend in the Cathedral of St Barry at Cork, to which he was collated by Bishop Wettenhall. He was a zealous promoter of the Revolution, and suffered in consequence. When the troubles broke out in Ireland in 1690, Brady, by his influence, thrice prevented the burning of the town of Bandon, after as many orders had been issued for its destruction; and the same year, being deputed by the people of Bandon, he went over to England to solicit parliament for the redress of some grievances they had suffered while King James was in Ireland. What success attended this mission we know not; but Brady soon afterwards, quitting his preferments in Ireland, settled in London, where he was chosen minister of St Catherine Cree Church, and lecturer of St Michael's Wood-street. He subsequently became minister of Richmond in Surrey, and Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, and at length rector of Clapham in Surrey, which, together with his living of Richmond, he held till his death. He was also chaplain to the Duke of Ormond's troop of horse-guards, and to their majesties King William and Queen Mary. He died in May 1726, aged sixty-six. Dr Brady was accounted a man of an agreeable temper, and had the reputation of being a polite gentleman, an excellent preacher, and an indifferent poet. His name is familiar as the translator, in conjunction with Mr Tate, of a new version of the Psalms, which was licensed in 1696. He also translated Virgil's Eneid, published by subscription in 1726, in four vols. 8vo; and a tragedy entitled The Rape, or the Innocent Imposture, both very indifferent performances. His prose works consist of Sermons, three volumes of which were published by himself, and other three by his eldest son, who was a clergyman at Tooting in Surrey.