Hugh Trefusis Brassey

Sir
Hugh Trefusis Brassey
KCVO OBE MC DL JP
Born 5 October 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.<ref name = Who'sWho/>

Career

He joined in the Royal Scots Greys as second lieutenant in 1935[3] 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[4] and the French Croix de Guerre.<ref name = Who'sWho>Who is Who 1963. London: Adam & Charles Black. 1963. p. 344.</ref> 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.[5] He was appointed aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II in 1964, a post he held for five years.[6] In 1974, Brassey was appointed colonel of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.[7]

He entered the Yeomen of the Guard[8] as exon in 1964[9] and became its ensign in 1970.[10] Brassey was promoted to adjutant and clerk of the cheque the year thereafter[11] and finally to lieutenant in 1979.[12] 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[13] and represented the county also as Justice of the Peace.<ref name = Who'sWho/> Having been already Deputy Lieutenant from 1956[14] and Vice Lord Lieutenant from 1968,[15] Brassey was nominated Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 1981, an office he held until 1989.[16] He was invested a Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John in 1982.[17]

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Obituary - Hugh Trefusis Brassey". The Telegraph. 12 April 1990.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ThePeerage - Lt-Col Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey". Retrieved 15 January 2007.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34194. p. 5533. 30 August 1935. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37302. p. 4999. 11 October 1945. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 41589. p. 6. 30 December 1958. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 43265. p. 2719. 6 March 1964. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46188. p. 847. 21 January 1974. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  8. ↑ "Officer Biographies". Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 43296. p. 3199. 14 April 1964. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 45023. p. 769. 20 January 1970. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 45321. p. 2157. 12 March 1971. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 47753. p. 995. 23 January 1979. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 41656. p. 1726. 13 March 1959. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 40704. p. 757. 7 February 1956. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  15. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 44932. p. 9228. 9 September 1969. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  16. ↑ "Institute of Historical Research - Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (England & Wales) from 1974". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  17. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 49066. p. 9917. 29 July 1982. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
Military offices
Preceded by
Ralph Younger		 Colonel of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
1974–1978 		Succeeded by
Sir John Stanier
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Lord Margadale		 Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
1981 – 1989 		Succeeded by
Sir Roland Gibbs