Robert Henry Brand, 1st Baron Brand (October 30, 1878 - August 23, 1963) was a British civil servant, businessman, and fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... All Souls College (in full: The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed, of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...

His father Henry Robert Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden had been Governor of New South Wales, while his grandfather, the 1st Viscount, was speaker of the House of Commons. List of Governors of New South Wales See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ... In the British House of Commons the Speaker of the House of Commons controls the day to day running of the house. ...

Brand graduated from New College, Oxford in 1901 and subsequently gained his fellowship at All Souls. New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...

From 1902, during the period of reconstruction following the Boer War, he joined Alfred Milner's Civil Service in South Africa, where he was appointed 'Secretary of the Intercolonial Council of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony', and was thus seen as a member of 'Milner's Kindergarten', an informal reference to those who served under Lord Milner during this period. Brand later became a partner and managing director in Lazard Brothers and Company. 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War There were two Boer wars, one from December 16, 1880-March 23, 1881 and the second from October 11, 1899-May 31, 1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch origin (called Boere, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) in South Africa that put... Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (23 March 1854 _ 13 May 1925), was British statesman and colonial administrator. ... The Orange River Colony was a British colony created by the annexation of the Orange Free State in 1900, after the Boer War. ... Lazard LLC is a New York-based, independent investment bank with more than 2,500 employees in Asia, North America, and Europe. ...

In 1917, he married Phyllis Langhorne, sister to Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor. In 1946 he was made Baron Brand by George VI. The title expired upon his death. 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (May 19, 1879 - May 2, 1964) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent Astor family. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George) (December 14, 1895–February 6, 1952) was the third British monarch of the House of Windsor, reigning from December 11, 1936 to February 6, 1952. ...