Henry Brassey
British Member of Parliament
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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.
Henry Brassey | |
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| Member of the British Parliament for Sandwich | |
| In office 1868–1885 | |
| High Sheriff of Kent | |
| In office 1890 | |
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| Born | 14 July 1840 |
| Died | 13 May 1891 (aged 50) |
| Resting place | Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aylesford[1] |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Anna Harriet Stevenson |
| Children | 12, including |
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| Education | Oxford University |
Origins
He was the second son of the railway magnate Thomas Brassey and 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.[4]
Marriage and children
In 1866 Brassey married Anna Harriet Stevenson (d.1898), a daughter of Major George Robert Stevenson of Tongswood, Hawkhurst, Kent, with 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.
- Beatrice Brassey, co-founder of the White Heather Club, the first women's cricket club.
Death
Brassey died in May 1891, aged 50.[5]