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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brassey1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Brassey1.JPG/200px-Brassey1.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Brassey1.JPG/300px-Brassey1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Brassey1.JPG/400px-Brassey1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="650" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Lord Brassey, 1895.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Victoria" title="Governor of Victoria">Governor of Victoria</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 February 1895 – 31 March 1900</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Hope,_1st_Marquess_of_Linlithgow" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow">The Earl of Hopetoun</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Clarke,_1st_Baron_Sydenham_of_Combe" title="George Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe">Sir George Clarke</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">11 February 1836<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart bday">1836-02-11</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">23 February 1918<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend dday deathdate">1918-02-24</span>)</span> (aged 82)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">British</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>1: <a href="/wiki/Anna_Brassey" title="Anna Brassey">Anna Allnutt</a> (m. 1860–1887; her death)</li> <li>2: Sybil de Vere Capell</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_College,_Oxford" title="University College, Oxford">University College, Oxford</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BrasseyArms.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/BrasseyArms.svg/220px-BrasseyArms.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/BrasseyArms.svg/330px-BrasseyArms.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/BrasseyArms.svg/440px-BrasseyArms.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="666" /></a><figcaption>Arms of Brassey: <i>Per fess indented sable and argent, in the first quarter a mallard of the second</i><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalakaua_at_Normalhurst_(PP-96-13-006).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Kalakaua_at_Normalhurst_%28PP-96-13-006%29.jpg/300px-Kalakaua_at_Normalhurst_%28PP-96-13-006%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Kalakaua_at_Normalhurst_%28PP-96-13-006%29.jpg/450px-Kalakaua_at_Normalhurst_%28PP-96-13-006%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Kalakaua_at_Normalhurst_%28PP-96-13-006%29.jpg/600px-Kalakaua_at_Normalhurst_%28PP-96-13-006%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="789" /></a><figcaption>Lord Brassey and his wife entertaining King <a href="/wiki/Kal%C4%81kaua" title="Kalākaua">Kalākaua</a> during his <a href="/wiki/Kal%C4%81kaua%27s_1881_world_tour" title="Kalākaua's 1881 world tour">tour around the world</a>, 1881.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">GCB</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Decoration" title="Territorial Decoration">TD</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice of the Peace">JP</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Lieutenant">DL</a></span></span> (11 February 1836 – 23 February 1918), was a British <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> politician, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Victoria" title="Governor of Victoria">governor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Victoria" title="Colony of Victoria">Colony of Victoria</a> and founder of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Naval_Annual" title="The Naval Annual">The Naval Annual</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_education">Background and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Brassey,_1st_Earl_Brassey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brassey was the eldest son of the railway magnate <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brassey" title="Thomas Brassey">Thomas Brassey</a> (1805–1870), by his wife Maria Harrison, a daughter of Joseph Harrison, a forwarding and shipping agent. He was the elder brother of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Brassey" title="Henry Brassey">Henry Brassey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Brassey" title="Albert Brassey">Albert Brassey</a>. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Rugby_School" title="Rugby School">Rugby</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_College,_Oxford" title="University College, Oxford">University College, Oxford</a>, and was <a href="/wiki/Call_to_the_Bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Call to the Bar">called to the Bar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Inn" title="Lincoln's Inn">Lincoln's Inn</a>, in 1864. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Brassey,_1st_Earl_Brassey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brassey was briefly <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Devonport_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)">Devonport</a> in 1865,<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832-1885_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-1885-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> winning the seat at a by-election in June and then losing it again the <a href="/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1865 United Kingdom general election">general election in July</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832-1885_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-1885-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to Parliament three years later as the representative for <a href="/wiki/Hastings_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hastings (UK Parliament constituency)">Hastings</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">1868 general election</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> holding that seat until he was defeated at the <a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">1886 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885-1918_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-1918-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Co-operative_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of Co-operative Congress">President</a> of the first day of the 1874 <a href="/wiki/Co-operative_Congress" title="Co-operative Congress">Co-operative Congress</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PDF_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PDF-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served under <a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a> as <a href="/wiki/Civil_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" title="Civil Lord of the Admiralty">Civil Lord of the Admiralty</a> from 1880<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 1884 and as <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Secretary_to_the_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty">Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty</a> from 1884 to 1884. He was made a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> (KCB) in 1881<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and raised to the peerage as <b>Baron Brassey</b>, of Bulkeley in the County of Chester, in 1886.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He again held office under Gladstone and then <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Primrose,_5th_Earl_of_Rosebery" title="Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery">Lord Rosebery</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Lord-in-waiting" title="Lord-in-waiting">Lord-in-waiting</a> from 1893<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 1895.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1893 <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> appointed nine members as the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Commission_on_Opium" title="Royal Commission on Opium">Royal Opium Commission</a>, which consisted of seven British and two Indian members, which was headed by Lord Brassey, who served as the Chairman. The commission was to report on whether India Opium export trade to far east (China) should be ended and, further, whether poppy growing and consumption of Opium in India itself should be prohibited save for medical purpose.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_Victoria">Governor of Victoria</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Brassey,_1st_Earl_Brassey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Governor of Victoria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1895<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 1900 he was <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Victoria" title="Governor of Victoria">Governor of Victoria</a>, a colony in Australia, and lived in its capital, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Government_House,_Melbourne" title="Government House, Melbourne">Government House</a>. He returned to the United Kingdom in March 1900, by way of <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brassey is remembered in Australia's national capital, <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a>, with Brassey House, now a hotel (originally a <a href="/wiki/Guest_house" title="Guest house">guest house</a>) in the inner suburb of <a href="/wiki/Barton,_Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Barton, Australian Capital Territory">Barton, Australian Capital Territory</a>, completed in 1927 to coincide with the relocation of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia" title="Parliament of Australia">Federal Parliament</a> from Melbourne to Canberra. Brassey House originally offered 45 rooms with shared bathing facilities, for the exclusive use of members of parliament and mid-level government officials relocating to Canberra. During the mid 1960s the government of the day expanded the capacity to 131 rooms and added conference and meeting rooms. It was sold in the mid-1980s to local businessmen and has been operated since as a residential hotel, now with 75 rooms including ensuites. It is said to have been built back-to-front, with the more ornate façade facing Belmore Gardens and its plainer face to Macquarie Street.<span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Thomas_Brassey,_1st_Earl_Brassey&params=35.3115_S_149.1350_E_dim:500"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°18′41″S</span> <span class="longitude">149°08′06″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.3115°S 149.1350°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-35.3115; 149.1350</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sailing">Sailing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Brassey,_1st_Earl_Brassey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sailing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brassey's first experience of sailing was while he was still at Rugby school. After a short spell in a hired yacht called <i>Zillah</i> he started to compete successfully in club events in a yacht called <i>Cymba</i> (1855). In 1859 he acquired the 120-ton iron yacht <i>Albatross</i>, designed by his friend <a href="/wiki/St_Clare_John_Byrne" title="St Clare John Byrne">St Clare John Byrne</a> and built at his father's Canada Works. He was elected as a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron at this time. In 1866 he ventured into auxiliary steam with the yacht <i>Meteor</i> and in 1872 used the steam yacht <i>Eothen</i> to visit Canada, but she proved not to be best suited for this type of work. <i>Eothen</i> had formerly been owned by <a href="/wiki/P%26O" title="P&O">P&O</a> co-founder <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Anderson_(businessman)" title="Arthur Anderson (businessman)">Arthur Anderson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steam_Yacht_Sunbeam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Steam_Yacht_Sunbeam.jpg/220px-Steam_Yacht_Sunbeam.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Steam_Yacht_Sunbeam.jpg/330px-Steam_Yacht_Sunbeam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Steam_Yacht_Sunbeam.jpg/440px-Steam_Yacht_Sunbeam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="582" data-file-height="374" /></a><figcaption><i>Sunbeam</i> in full sail</figcaption></figure> <p>Between 6 July 1876 and 27 May 1877 Brassey circumnavigated the world in his steam-assisted three-masted <a href="/wiki/Brigantine" title="Brigantine">brigantine</a> <a href="/wiki/Sunbeam_(steam_yacht)" title="Sunbeam (steam yacht)"><i>Sunbeam</i></a>, another yacht designed for him by St Clare Byrne. This voyage is said to have been the first circumnavigation by a private yacht. His son Thomas left the <i>Sunbeam</i> at <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a> in order to return to school in England. His wife <a href="/wiki/Anna_Brassey" title="Anna Brassey">Anna, Lady Brassey</a> (1839–1887), published an account of the cruise called <i>In The Trades, The Tropics, & The Roaring Forties</i>, or alternatively <i>A Voyage in the Sunbeam: Our Home on the Ocean For Eleven Months</i>. In 1880 Brassey's book <i>The British Navy</i> was published. In 1886, he started <a href="/wiki/Brassey%27s_Naval_Annual" class="mw-redirect" title="Brassey's Naval Annual"><i>The Naval Annual</i></a> (generally referred to as <i>Brassey's Naval Annual</i>) He edited <i>The Naval Annual</i> until 1891. He was succeeded as editor by his son <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brassey,_2nd_Earl_Brassey" title="Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey">Thomas</a>. </p><p>At the age of 79 Brassey sailed his yacht <i>Sunbeam</i> to <a href="/wiki/Moudros" title="Moudros">Moudros</a> Bay as a <a href="/wiki/Hospital_ship" title="Hospital ship">hospital ship</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign" title="Gallipoli campaign">Gallipoli campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_awards">Honours and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Brassey,_1st_Earl_Brassey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Honours and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brassey was President of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Statistical_Society" title="Royal Statistical Society">Royal Statistical Society</a> from 1879 to 1880. He was conferred with Honorary Membership of the <a href="/wiki/Institution_of_Engineers_and_Shipbuilders_in_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland">Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland</a> in 1891.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following his return from Australia, he was President of the <a href="/wiki/London_Chamber_of_Commerce_%26_Industry" title="London Chamber of Commerce & Industry">London Chamber of Commerce</a> 1901–1902.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as <a href="/wiki/Lord_Warden_of_the_Cinque_Ports" title="Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports">Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports</a> from 1908<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a> in 1906<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and made <b>Viscount Hythe</b>, of Hythe in the County of Kent, and <b>Earl Brassey</b> in 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the part-time <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cinque_Ports_Artillery_Volunteers" title="2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers">6th (Hastings) Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteer Corps</a> on 1 June 1861, and was later the captain of the 9th (Pevensey) Cinque Ports AVC. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the successor unit, the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cinque_Ports_Artillery_Volunteers" title="2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers">2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers</a> on 2 December 1891.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>King <a href="/wiki/Kal%C4%81kaua" title="Kalākaua">David Kalākaua</a> of Hawaii bestowed on Brassey the honour "Knight Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Order_of_Kal%C4%81kaua" title="Royal Order of Kalākaua">Royal Order of Kalākaua</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freemasonry">Freemasonry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Brassey,_1st_Earl_Brassey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Freemasonry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brassey was a <a href="/wiki/Freemason" class="mw-redirect" title="Freemason">freemason</a>. He was initiated to the craft as an Oxford student. In 1868, he became a member of Abbey Lodge No. 1184 and remained for 48 years. He was also a member of Derwent Lodge No. 4 and a founding brother of Navy Lodge No. 2612. When he was appointed Governor of Victoria, while he had never held any Lodge office, he was appointed Honorary Past Junior Grand Warden. In Melbourne, became a member of Clarke Lodge No. 98 and became its Senior Warden in 1896 and its Worshipful Master in 1897. On 4 May 1896 two days before being installed as Senior Warden, he was installed <a href="/wiki/Grand_Master_(Freemasonry)" title="Grand Master (Freemasonry)">Grand Master</a> of the Grand Lodge of Victoria. His becoming of Grand Master was a bit controversial because many members preferred then-current Grand Master <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Clarke,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Clarke, 1st Baronet">Sir William Clarke, 1st Baronet</a> to stay and nominated him again. Clarke said that he would like the nomination to be withdrawn if Brassey was willing to serve. Brassey approved and Clarke withdrew the nomination, so Brassey was the sole candidate and therefore elected Grand Master.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Brassey,_1st_Earl_Brassey&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anna_Brassey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Anna_Brassey.jpg/170px-Anna_Brassey.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Anna_Brassey.jpg/255px-Anna_Brassey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Anna_Brassey.jpg/340px-Anna_Brassey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="483" data-file-height="618" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Anna_Brassey" title="Anna Brassey">Anna, Lady Brassey</a> </figcaption></figure> <p>Brassey married firstly, in 1860, <a href="/wiki/Anna_Brassey" title="Anna Brassey">Anna Allnutt</a>, daughter of <a href="/wiki/John_Allnutt" title="John Allnutt">John Allnutt</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Clapham" title="Clapham">Clapham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>. They had one son and four daughters. The third daughter, Lady Muriel Agnes, married <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Sackville,_8th_Earl_De_La_Warr" title="Gilbert Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr">Gilbert Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr</a>, and was the mother of <a href="/wiki/Herbrand_Sackville,_9th_Earl_De_La_Warr" title="Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr">Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr</a>, while the fourth daughter, <a href="/wiki/Marie_Freeman-Thomas,_Marchioness_of_Willingdon" title="Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon">Lady Marie Adelaide</a>, married <a href="/wiki/Freeman_Freeman-Thomas,_1st_Marquess_of_Willingdon" title="Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon">Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lady Brassey died in September 1887, aged 47. </p><p>Brassey married secondly Lady Sybil de Vere Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, Viscount Malden, and sister of <a href="/wiki/George_Capell,_7th_Earl_of_Essex" title="George Capell, 7th Earl of Essex">George Capell, 7th Earl of Essex</a>, in 1890. They had one daughter. Brassey died in February 1918, aged 82, and was succeeded in the earldom by his only son, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brassey,_2nd_Earl_Brassey" title="Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey">Thomas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Brassey,_1st_Earl_Brassey&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Montague-Smith, P.W. 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Ferrand</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Arthur_William_Buller" title="Arthur William Buller">Sir Arthur William Buller</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Devonport_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)">Devonport</a> </b><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=1865_Devonport_by-election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1865 Devonport by-election (page does not exist)">June 1865</a> – <a href="/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1865 United Kingdom general election">July 1865</a> <br />With: <b> <a href="/wiki/William_Ferrand" title="William Ferrand">William Ferrand</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Ferrand" title="William Ferrand">William Ferrand</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_Fleming_(Devonport_MP)" title="John Fleming (Devonport MP)">John Fleming</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Waldegrave-Leslie" title="George Waldegrave-Leslie">George Waldegrave-Leslie</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Francis_Robertson" title="Patrick Francis Robertson">Patrick Francis Robertson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Hastings_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hastings (UK Parliament constituency)">Hastings</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">1868</a>–<a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">1886</a> <br />With: <b> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_North_(1800%E2%80%931869)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frederick North (1800–1869) (page does not exist)">Frederick North</a> 1868–1869<br /><a href="/wiki/Ughtred_Kay-Shuttleworth,_1st_Baron_Shuttleworth" title="Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth">Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth</a>, 1869–1880<br /><a href="/wiki/Charles_James_Murray" title="Charles James Murray">Charles James Murray</a> 1880–1883<br /><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bret_Ince" title="Henry Bret Ince">Henry Bret Ince</a> 1883–1885 </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Noble" title="Wilson Noble">Wilson Noble</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a 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</td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomson_Ritchie,_1st_Baron_Ritchie_of_Dundee" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee">Charles Thomson Ritchie</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Glyn,_4th_Baron_Wolverton" title="Frederick Glyn, 4th Baron Wolverton">The Lord Wolverton</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Lord-in-waiting" title="Lord-in-waiting">Lord-in-waiting</a> </b><br />1893–1895 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Waldegrave,_9th_Earl_Waldegrave" title="William Waldegrave, 9th Earl Waldegrave">The Earl Waldegrave</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid 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Brassey</a></li> <li>1880–1882 <a href="/wiki/James_Caird_(1816-1892)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Caird (1816-1892)">James Caird</a></li> <li>1882–1884 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Giffen" title="Robert Giffen">Robert Giffen</a></li> <li>1884–1886 <a href="/wiki/Rawson_W._Rawson" title="Rawson W. Rawson">Rawson W. Rawson</a></li> <li>1886–1888 <a href="/wiki/George_Goschen,_1st_Viscount_Goschen" title="George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen">George Goschen</a></li> <li>1888–1890 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Graham_Balfour" title="Thomas Graham Balfour">Thomas Graham Balfour</a></li> <li>1890–1892 <a href="/wiki/Frederic_J._Mouat" title="Frederic J. Mouat">Frederic J. 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Henry Rew">R. Henry Rew</a></li> <li>1922–1924 <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Emmott,_1st_Baron_Emmott" title="Alfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott">The Lord Emmott</a></li> <li>1924–1926 <a href="/wiki/Udny_Yule" title="Udny Yule">Udny Yule</a></li> <li>1926–1928 <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Vincent,_1st_Viscount_D%27Abernon" title="Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon">The Viscount D'Abernon</a></li> <li>1928–1930 <a href="/wiki/A._William_Flux" class="mw-redirect" title="A. William Flux">A. 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