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Hugh Trefusis Brassey
Born5 October 1915
Died10 April 1990
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankColonel
Unit
Battles / warsWorld War II
Awards
Other workJustice of the Peace
Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire

Colonel Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey KCVO OBE MC JP DL (5 October 1915 – 10 April 1990) was a British soldier and magistrate.

Background

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Born on 5 October 1915,[1] Brassey 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

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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

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On 18 July 1939, he married Joyce Patricia Kingscote (1917–2006), daughter of Captain Maurice John Kingscote, and had by her three daughters and two sons. He died on 10 April 1990.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Hugh Trefusis Brassey". The Telegraph. London. 12 April 1990.
  2. ^ a b "ThePeerage - Lt-Col Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey". Retrieved 15 January 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Who is Who 1963. London: Adam & Charles Black. 1963. p. 344.
  4. ^ "No. 34194". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 August 1935. p. 5533.
  5. ^ "No. 37302". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 October 1945. p. 4999.
  6. ^ "No. 41589". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1958. p. 6.
  7. ^ "No. 43265". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 March 1964. p. 2719.
  8. ^ "No. 46188". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 January 1974. p. 847.
  9. ^ "Officer Biographies". Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  10. ^ "No. 43296". The London Gazette. 14 April 1964. p. 3199.
  11. ^ "No. 45023". The London Gazette. 20 January 1970. p. 769.
  12. ^ "No. 45321". The London Gazette. 12 March 1971. p. 2157.
  13. ^ "No. 47753". The London Gazette. 23 January 1979. p. 995.
  14. ^ "No. 41656". The London Gazette. 13 March 1959. p. 1726.
  15. ^ "No. 40704". The London Gazette. 7 February 1956. p. 757.
  16. ^ "No. 44932". The London Gazette. 9 September 1969. p. 9228.
  17. ^ "Institute of Historical Research - Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (England & Wales) from 1974". Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  18. ^ "No. 49066". The London Gazette. 29 July 1982. p. 9917.
Military offices
Preceded by
Ralph Younger
 Colonel of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
1974–1978 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
1981 – 1989 		Succeeded by
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