Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe (7 March 1870 – 22 October 1958), DL (known from 1922 to 1938 as Sir Henry Brassey, 1st Baronet), of

Apethorpe Hall Apethorpe Palace (pronounced ''Ap-thorp'', formerly known as "Apethorpe Hall", "Apethorpe House", "Apthorp Park" or "Apthorp Palace" ) in the parish of Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, England, is a Grade I listed country house dating back to the ...

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, was a British

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politician.

Origins

He was the second but eldest surviving son of Henry Arthur Brassey (1840–1891), DL, of

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and of Bath House,

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, London, a

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for

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in Kent, the second son of the railway magnate

Thomas Brassey Thomas Brassey (7 November 18058 December 1870) was an English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials who was responsible for building much of the world's railways in the 19th century. By 1847, he had built about o ...

(1805–1870) and a younger brother of

Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (11 February 1836 – 23 February 1918), was a British Liberal Party politician, Governor of Victoria and founder of ''The Naval Annual''. Background and education Brassey was the eldest son of the railway ma ...

(1836–1918). His mother was Anna Harriet Stevenson (d.1898), a daughter of Major George Robert Stevenson of Tongswood, Hawkhurst, Kent.

Career

In 1904 he purchased

near the City of

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in Northamptonshire, which he made his seat. He was elected to the

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for Northamptonshire North in 1910, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented

between 1918 and 1929. Brassey fought in the

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, achieving the rank of

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in the

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and in the

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. He also served as a

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for Northamptonshire and for Kent, as

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in 1907 and as a Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. In 1922 he was created a

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, "of Apethorpe in the County of Northampton", and in 1938 he was further honoured when he was raised to the peerage as

Baron Brassey of Apethorpe Baron Brassey of Apethorpe, of Apethorpe in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1938 for Sir Henry Brassey, 1st Baronet, who had previously represented Northamptonshire Northern and P ...

"of Apethorpe in the County of Northampton". (His uncle the 1st

Earl Brassey Earl Brassey was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for the Liberal politician and former Governor of Victoria, Australia, Thomas Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey, eldest son of the railway magnate Thomas Brassey (1 ...

had firstly in 1886 been created Baron Brassey, "of Bulkeley in the County Palatine of Chester", but all his titles had become extinct in 1919 on the death with no children of his son the 2nd Earl).

Marriage and children

In 1894 he married Lady Violet Mary Gordon-Lennox (1874–1946), a daughter of

Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, 2nd Duke of Gordon, (27 December 1845 – 18 January 1928), 7th Duke of Aubigny ( French peerage in the French nobility), styled Lord Settrington until 1860 and Earl of March between ...

, by whom he had six sons, two of whom died as infants and a further two of whom predeceased their father. His issue included: * Bernard Thomas Brassey, 2nd Baron Brassey of Apethorpe (1905–1967), 5th and eldest surviving son and heir.

Death

Brassey died in October 1958, aged 88 and was succeeded in his titles by his fifth but eldest surviving son Bernard Thomas Brassey, 2nd Baron Brassey of Apethorpe (1905–1967).

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * *

External links

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British Army personnel of World War I Deputy Lieutenants of Northamptonshire High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire English justices of the peace 1870 births 1958 deaths Brassey, Henry Brassey, Henry Brassey, Henry Brassey, Henry Brassey, Henry Brassey, Henry Brassey, Henry Northamptonshire Yeomanry officers Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry officers Barons created by George VI