Brassey, Sir Thomas, K.C.B. 1881, secretary to the admiralty Nov., 1884, civil lord of the admiralty 1880-4, J.P., D.L. Sussex, M.P. Hastings since 1866, Devonport in 1865, hon. commander Liverpool brigade royal naval artillery volunteers, educated at Rugby, M.A. Univ. Coll., Oxon, 1862, a Younger Brother of Trinity House, associate of Institute of Civil Engineers, president of Statistical Society 1879-80, author of Work and Wages, British Seamen, etc., a student of Lincoln's Inn 5 May, 1858 (then aged 22), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1866 (eldest son of Thomas Brassey, Esq., of London); born 11 Feb., 1836; married 9 Oct., 1860, Anna, dau. of late John Allnutt, Esq.
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