Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey

The Right Honourable
The Earl Brassey
GCB TD JP DL
Lord Brassey, 1895.
Governor of Victoria
In office
6 February 1895 – 31 March 1900
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded byThe Earl of Hopetoun
Succeeded bySir George Clarke
Personal details
Born11 February 1836 (1836-02-11)
Died23 February 1918 (1918-02-24) (aged 82)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Spouses
  • 1: Anna Allnutt (m. 1860–1887; her death)
  • 2: Sybil de Vere Capell
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford
Arms of Brassey: Per fess indented sable and argent, in the first quarter a mallard of the second[1]
Lord Brassey and his wife entertaining King Kalākaua during his tour around the world, 1881.

Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey GCB, TD, JP, DL (11 February 1836 – 23 February 1918), was a British Liberal Party politician, governor of the Colony of Victoria and founder of The Naval Annual.

  1. ^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.168, Baron Brassey