Henry Brassey
Henry Arthur Brassey (14 July 1840 – 13 May 1891), DL, of Preston Hall, Aylesford, Kent and of Bath House, Piccadilly, London,[2] was a British Member of Parliament.
Origins[edit]
He was the second son of the railway magnate Thomas Brassey (1805-1870) by his wife Maria Harrison, a daughter of Thomas Harrison of Liverpool. His elder brother was Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey and his younger brother was Albert Brassey, a Member of Parliament for Banbury.
Career[edit]
He was educated at Oxford University, and in 1868 was elected as Member of Parliament for Sandwich in Kent, as a Liberal, a seat he held until 1885. Brassey served as a Deputy Lieutenant for Kent, as High Sheriff of Kent in 1890 and as a Justice of the Peace for that county.[3]
Marriage and children[edit]
In 1866 Brassey married Anna Harriet Stevenson (d.1898), a daughter of Major George Robert Stevenson of Tongswood, Hawkhurst, Kent, by whom he had five sons and seven daughters, including:
- Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe, second but eldest surviving son and heir, a Conservative politician who was raised to the peerage in 1938.
- Harold Ernest Brassey, soldier and polo champion;
- Hilda Brassey (Duchess of Richmond), wife of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond.
Death[edit]
Brassey died in May 1891, aged 50.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.168, Baron Brassey
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 1, p. 488
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 1, p. 488
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 1, pp. 488-489
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.[unreliable source]