Henry Brassey

For his son, see Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe.

Arms of Brassey: Per fess indented sable and argent, in the first quarter a mallard of the second [1]

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

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

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

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:

Death

Brassey died in May 1891, aged 50.[4]

References

  1. ^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.168, Baron Brassey
  2. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 1, p. 488
  3. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 1, p. 488
  4. ^ 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]
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Sandwich
1868–1885
With: Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen 1868–1880
Charles Henry Compton Roberts 1880–1885 		Constituency abolished