Henry Otway Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre,
CB (27 July 1777 – 2 June 1853) was a British
peer and
soldier
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Etymology
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Born Henry Otway Brand, he was the second son of
Thomas Brand and his wife the 19th Baroness Dacre. On 24 August 1806, he married Pyne Crosbie (a sister of William Crosbie, 4th
Baron Brandon
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and ex-wife of Sir John Gordon, 6th Baronet) and they had six children:
*
Hon. Thomas Crosbie William, later 22nd Baron Dacre (1808–1890)
*
Hon. Henry Bouverie William, later 23rd Baron Dacre and 1st Viscount Hampden (1814–1892)
*Hon. Pyne Jesse (d. 1872), married (1) Sir John Henry Cotterell, 3rd Baronet, had one son
Geers Cotterell, (2)
Granville Harcourt-Vernon.
*Hon. Julia (d. 1858), married
Samuel Charles Whitbread
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Early life and education
Whitbread was the so ...
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*Hon. Gertrude (d. 1883), married
Sir George Seymour.
*Hon. Frederica Mary Jane (1812–1873).
In 1807, he fought at
Copenhagen
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and commanded the 1st Battalion of the
Coldstream Guards
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during the
Peninsular War
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, seeing action at
Salamanca
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,
Talavera and
Buçaco. In 1815, he was appointed a
Companion of the Order of the Bath and on inheriting the estates of his cousin, John Trevor-Hampden, 3rd Viscount Hampden, changed his surname to Trevor. In 1851, he inherited his childless brother's title and also became a
General
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that year. Upon the death of Lord Dacre in 1853, his title passed to his eldest son,
Thomas
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Sources
Burke's Peerage & Gentry
References
Companions of the Order of the Bath
British Army generals
1777 births
1853 deaths
British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
Coldstream Guards officers
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