Hugh Trefusis Brassey
Hugh Trefusis Brassey | |
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Born | 5 October 1915 |
Died | 10 April 1990 |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Colonel |
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Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | |
Other work | Justice of the Peace Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire |
Colonel Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey KCVO OBE MC JP DL (5 October 1915 – 10 April 1990) was a British soldier and magistrate.
Background
[edit]Born on 5 October 1915,[1] Brassey 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
[edit]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
[edit]On 18 July 1939, he married Joyce Patricia Kingscote (1917–2006), daughter of Captain Maurice John Kingscote, and had by her three daughters and two sons. He died on 10 April 1990.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Hugh Trefusis Brassey". The Telegraph. London. 12 April 1990.
- ^ a b "ThePeerage - Lt-Col Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey". Retrieved 15 January 2007.
- ^ a b c Who is Who 1963. London: Adam & Charles Black. 1963. p. 344.
- ^ "No. 34194". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 August 1935. p. 5533.
- ^ "No. 37302". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 October 1945. p. 4999.
- ^ "No. 41589". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1958. p. 6.
- ^ "No. 43265". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 March 1964. p. 2719.
- ^ "No. 46188". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 January 1974. p. 847.
- ^ "Officer Biographies". Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ^ "No. 43296". The London Gazette. 14 April 1964. p. 3199.
- ^ "No. 45023". The London Gazette. 20 January 1970. p. 769.
- ^ "No. 45321". The London Gazette. 12 March 1971. p. 2157.
- ^ "No. 47753". The London Gazette. 23 January 1979. p. 995.
- ^ "No. 41656". The London Gazette. 13 March 1959. p. 1726.
- ^ "No. 40704". The London Gazette. 7 February 1956. p. 757.
- ^ "No. 44932". The London Gazette. 9 September 1969. p. 9228.
- ^ "Institute of Historical Research - Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (England & Wales) from 1974". Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ^ "No. 49066". The London Gazette. 29 July 1982. p. 9917.
- 1915 births
- 1990 deaths
- Brassey family
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)
- High Sheriffs of Wiltshire
- Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- Knights of the Order of St John
- Lord-lieutenants of Wiltshire
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at Eton College
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Royal Scots Greys officers
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry officers