Hugh Trefusis Brassey
Sir
Hugh Trefusis Brassey
KCVO OBE MC DL JP
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Born | 5 October 1915 |
Died | 1990 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
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British Army |
Rank | Colonel |
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Battles/wars | World War II |
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Other work | Justice of the Peace Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire |
Colonel Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey KCVO, OBE, MC, DL, JP (5 October 1915 – 1990)[1] was a British soldier and magistrate.
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Background
He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Hugh Brassey, grandson of Henry Arthur Brassey, and his wife Margaret Harriet Trefusis, daughter of Hon. Walter Rodolph Trefusis.[2] Brassey was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[3]
Career
He joined in the Royal Scots Greys as second lieutenant in 1935[4] During the Second World War, he was involved in the Syria-Lebanon Campaign in 1941 and the Battle of El Alamein in the following year.[1] He took part in the Salerno Landings of 1943 and also in the Normandy Landings of 1944.[1] In 1944, Brassey was decorated with the Military Cross[5] and the French Croix de Guerre.[3] After the war, he was transferred as lieutenant-colonel to the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry in 1955.[1]
In the New Year Honours 1959 Brassey was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[6] He was appointed aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II in 1964, a post he held for five years.[7] In 1974, Brassey was appointed colonel of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.[8]
He entered the Yeomen of the Guard[9] as exon in 1964[10] and became its ensign in 1970.[11] Brassey was promoted to adjutant and clerk of the cheque the year thereafter[12] and finally to lieutenant in 1979.[13] Following his retirement in 1985, he was made as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.[2]
He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1959[14] and represented the county also as Justice of the Peace.[3] Having been already Deputy Lieutenant from 1956[15] and Vice Lord Lieutenant from 1968,[16] Brassey was nominated Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 1981, an office he held until 1989.[17] He was invested a Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John in 1982.[18]
Family
On 18 July 1939, he married Joyce Patricia Kingscote, daughter of Captain Maurice John Kingscote, and had by her three daughters and two sons.[1]
References
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- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34194. p. 5533. 30 August 1935. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37302. p. 4999. 11 October 1945. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 41589. p. 6. 30 December 1958. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 43265. p. 2719. 6 March 1964. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46188. p. 847. 21 January 1974. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 43296. p. 3199. 14 April 1964. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 45023. p. 769. 20 January 1970. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 45321. p. 2157. 12 March 1971. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 47753. p. 995. 23 January 1979. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 41656. p. 1726. 13 March 1959. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 40704. p. 757. 7 February 1956. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 44932. p. 9228. 9 September 1969. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 49066. p. 9917. 29 July 1982. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
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Preceded by
Ralph Younger
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Colonel of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 1974–1978 |
Succeeded by Sir John Stanier |
Honorary titles | ||
Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire 1981 – 1989 |
Succeeded by Sir Roland Gibbs |
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1915 births
- 1990 deaths
- Brassey family
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Recipients of the Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France)
- High Sheriffs of Wiltshire
- Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- Knights of the Order of St John
- Lord-Lieutenants of Wiltshire
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at Eton College
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Royal Scots Greys officers
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry officers