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Encyclopedia > Earl Brassey

Earl Brassey was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for the Liberal politician and former governor of Victoria Sir Thomas Brassey, along with the courtesy title of Viscount Hythe, of Hythe in the County of Kent. He had already been created Baron Brassey, of Bulkeley in the County Palatine of Chester, in 1886. The title became extinct upon the death of his son, the second Earl, in 1919. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party (the SDP) to form a new party which would become... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...


The first Earl's nephew was the Conservative politician Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe. The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ...


Earls Brassey (1911)

1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Thomas Brassey (1836-1918) was a British politician. ... Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

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Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (133 words)
Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (1836-1918) was a British politician.
Brassey was the son of the railway contractor Thomas Brassey (1805-1870).
From 1895 to 1900 he was Governor of Victoria, and was created Earl Brassey in 1911.
Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Earl Brassey (79 words)
The title of Earl Brassey was created in 1911 for Lord Brassey, the former governor of Victoria.
The title became extinct upon the death of the 2nd Earl in 1919.
The Earl bore the subsidiary titles of Viscount Hythe (1911) and Baron Brassey (1886).
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