Lieutenant Colonel David Francis Brand, 5th Viscount Hampden (14 June 1902 – 4 September 1975) was an English peer,

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, army officer and banker.

Family and early life

David Brand was the second son of Thomas Brand, who succeeded to the Viscountcy of Hampden in 1906. David's grandfather,

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, was

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from 1895 to 1899. David's elder brother

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succeeded their father as Viscount Hampden in 1958. David attended

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, where he captained the First XI in 1921.''

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'' 1976, p. 1098. He went up to

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, but played only one first-class match for the university team, in May 1922. He spent the 1922–23 university year on a tour of

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and

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with the

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. His highest first-class score was 60 in the second match against

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, and his best bowling figures were 4 for 31 in the first match against

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. He played no further first-class cricket after the tour.

Later life

Brand married the Hon. Imogen Alice Rhys (1903–2001), daughter of

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, in 1936. They had three children: Anthony David, Jean Margaret, and Philippa Mary Imogen. In the

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, serving with the

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, he gained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He served in Burma, and was

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. After the war he was chairman of the English, Scottish and Australian Bank and later deputy chairman of the

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.Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, ''Report and Accounts 1969'', p. 4. Brand succeeded his brother Thomas to the Viscountcy of Hampden in 1965. When he died in 1975 the title passed to his son Anthony.

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