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Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey

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22: 223:, on 28 February 1889. They had no children. He succeeded to his father's title in 1918, enabling him to sit in the House of Lords. He died childless in November the following year, aged 56, after being hit by a taxi, when the titles became extinct. He was buried in 549: 564: 559: 166:, and after a close and disputed result, the two men gave their names to adjoining roads in the constituency. He made a further unsuccessful attempt to stand for election at 544: 499: 344:
Appendix F - Peers and Sons of Peers who served in the Great War. He is simply noted as having done "Special Service" with no details armed force or campaign medals awarded.
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Transport Staff and his service entitled him to two campaign medals, but the location of the qualifying service is not given.
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He later became Lieutenant-Colonel in command of the West Kent Yeomanry in 1910, retiring in May 1914. He was awarded the
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in the London Brigade of Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers from 1888 to 1892. He acted as Assistant Private Secretary to
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from 1892 to 1899 and then either alone or jointly with John Leyland editor from 1902 to 1914, and finally in 1919.
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he raised a second battalion to this regiment for home service, which he commanded until 1916, remaining on the
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on 28 March 1900. While in South Africa he served as acting Civil Commissioner for the British government at
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between 1911 and 1918, was a British peer, who was for many years editor or joint editor of
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AncestryLibrary.com - Army Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-20 (subscription needed).
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Brassey was managing director of lead mining and smelting companies in mainland
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Ironclad to Trident, 100 Years of Defence Commentary, BRASSEYS's 1886–1986
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in late 1899, Brassey volunteered for active service and was commissioned
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Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1918
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in 1901, following its surrender by the Boers the previous year.
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contributions in Parliament by Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey
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T. A. B. : a memoir of Thomas Allnutt, second Earl Brassey
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Lord Brassey married Lady Idina Mary Nevill, daughter of
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thepeerage.com Thomas Allnutt Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey
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He stood unsuccessfully for election to Parliament as
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TD
DL
JP
Brassey's Naval Annual
Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey
Eton
Balliol College, Oxford
Lieutenant
Earl Spencer
First Lord of the Admiralty
Royal Commission on Opium
captain
Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry
Second Boer War
Captain
Imperial Yeomanry
Pretoria
TD
First World War
Territorial Force Reserve
Royal Engineers
The Naval Annual
Liberal
Epsom
Christchurch
the latter year's general election
Kenneth Robert Balfour
Devonport
Bexhill-on-Sea

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