| Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey KCVO OBE MC DL JP | |
|---|---|
| File:Hugh Trefusis Brassey.jpg | |
| Born | October 5, 1915 |
| Died | 1990 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | |
| 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.
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[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Obituary - Hugh Trefusis Brassey". 12 April 1990.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ThePeerage - Lt-Col Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey". http://www.thepeerage.com/p6862.htm#i68612. Retrieved 15 January 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Who is Who 1963. London: Adam & Charles Black. 1963. pp. 344.
- ↑ "No. 34194". 30 August 1935. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34194/page/
- ↑ "No. 37302". 11 October 1945. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37302/page/
- ↑ "No. 41589". 30 December 1958. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41589/page/
- ↑ "No. 43265". 6 March 1964. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43265/page/
- ↑ "No. 46188". 21 January 1974. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46188/page/
- ↑ "Officer Biographies". http://yeomenoftheguard.com/officerimages.htm. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ↑ "No. 43296". 14 April 1964. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43296/page/
- ↑ "No. 45023". 20 January 1970. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45023/page/
- ↑ "No. 45321". 12 March 1971. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45321/page/
- ↑ "No. 47753". 23 January 1979. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47753/page/
- ↑ "No. 41656". 13 March 1959. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41656/page/
- ↑ "No. 40704". 7 February 1956. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40704/page/
- ↑ "No. 44932". 9 September 1969. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44932/page/
- ↑ "Institute of Historical Research - Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (England & Wales) from 1974". http://www.history.ac.uk/resources/office/lieutenants-engw#tt. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "No. 49066". 29 July 1982. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49066/page/
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