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Franz Müller (31 October 1840 – 14 November 1864) was a German tailor who was hanged for the murder of Thomas Briggs, the first killing on a British train. The case caught the imagination of the public due to increasing safety fears about rail travel at the time and the pursuit of Müller across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City by Scotland Yard.
Thomas Brigg & Sons, said to have been founded in 1836, were makers of umbrellas and canes in London. They merged with the London firm of Swaine & Adeney to form Swaine, Adeney, Brigg & Sons Ltd in 1943.
Thomas Briggs may refer to: Thomas Briggs (coach), American football coach; Thomas Briggs (Royal Navy officer) (1780–1852), British naval officer; Thomas Briggs (died 1864), British banker, murdered by Franz Müller; Tommy Briggs (1923–1984), footballer; Sir Thomas Graham Briggs (1833–1887), of the Briggs baronets, member of the Executive ...
The only surviving son of Dr. Stephen Briggs, Chief Surgeon at Madras, and Magdalene Pasley, Briggs entered the Navy on 10 September 1791. He first served as a first class volunteer aboard the ship Bellerophon, under the command of his uncle Captain Thomas Pasley. He later followed him into the ship Vengeance with the rank of midshipman.
Charles Brigg, founder of the London company "Brigg – Umbrella, Cane & Whip Maker" in 1836, later named Thomas Brigg & Sons after his son; John Brigg (1834–1911), British politician; Kane Brigg (born 1988), Australian retired high jumper and triple jumper; Brigg Jenner, a fictional character in the My Super Psycho Sweet 16 film trilogy
In 1864, the body of wealthy banker Thomas Briggs is found on the tracks between Bow and Hackney Wick stations in London—the first murder on a British railway. 2 May 2, 2021 The Body in the Tunnel In 1881, young writer Percy Lefroy Mapleton becomes fixated on a stage actress and is driven to a violent crime. 3 May 2, 2021 The Police Killer
In February 1943, Swaine & Adeney on Piccadilly and Thomas Brigg & Sons, umbrella-makers, round the corner at 23 St James's Street decided to join forces. From 1943 until 1990 the company traded as Swaine, Adeney, Brigg & Sons Ltd, with Edward Swaine Adeney Jr appointed chairman for life.
Sir John Thomas Briggs (4 June 1781 – 3 February 1865) was an English civil servant who was accountant-general of the Royal Navy.. He came from an old Norfolk family, a direct descendant of Dr. William Briggs, and, in a collateral line related to Professor Henry Briggs, was born in London on 4 June 1781.