Captain Robert Bingham Brassey (18 October 1875 – 14 November 1946) was a British

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

politician. He was the son of

Albert Brassey Colonel Albert Brassey (22 February 1844 – 7 January 1918) was a British rower, soldier and Conservative Member of Parliament for Banbury 1895-1906. Life Brassey was the fourth son of the railway contractor Thomas Brassey and his wife Maria, ...

, MP. He was elected as

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(MP) for

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in the general election of January 1910, winning it from the Liberals, but they took it back from him in the general election of December 1910. In 1911 he bought

Cottesbrooke Hall Cottesbrooke Hall and the Cottesbrooke estate in Northamptonshire, England is a Grade I listed country house and estate. Location The Hall and estate are approx. north of the town of Northampton along the A5199 road just 1 mile (1.6 km) nor ...

from the Langham family. It was sold in 1937 to the Macdonald-Buchanans.

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* * 1875 births 1946 deaths

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