Reginald Brade
British civil servant (1864–1933)
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Sir Reginald Herbert Brade GCB (1864 – 1933) was a British civil servant.
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Life
Brade was educated at Bradfield College. He entered the War Office as Clerk of the Higher Division of the Civil Service in 1884.[2] He was a Private Secretary between 1892 and 1896, first to Lord Sandhurst and Lord Monkswell when they were Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War, and then to Joseph Powell Williams when he was Financial Secretary to the War Office. Between 1901 and 1914, Brade was a Secretary of the Army Council and Assistant Secretary of the War Office. He was the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War from 1914 to 1920. He also was Secretary and Registrar of the Distinguished Service Order in 1906.[3] He was Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State from 1924 until his death.[4]
Honours and awards
- Order of the Bath (UK)
- King George V Coronation Medal (UK)
- Commander (Commandeur) of the Legion of Honour (Légion d'honneur), France[8]
- Commander (Commandeur) of the Order of Leopold (Leopoldsorde/Ordre de Léopold), Belgium[9]