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 (MDCCCLXXVIII) 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 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. ... 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 Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden had been Governor of New South Wales, while his grandfather, the 1st Viscount, was speaker of the House of Commons. Engraved portrait of Brand, drawn by Percy F. Spence. ... List of Governors of New South Wales See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ... Henry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden GCB (24 December 1814–March 14, 1892), speaker of the House of Commons, was the second son of the 21st Baron Dacre, and descended from John Hampden, the patriot, in the female line. ... In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land. ...

Brand graduated from New College, Oxford in 1901 and subsequently gained his fellowship at All Souls. College name New College Named after Mary, mother of Jesus Established 1379 Sister College Kings College Warden Prof. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

From 1902, during the period of reconstruction following the Second 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 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... |conflict=Second Boer War |partof=the Boer Wars |image= |caption=Boer guerillas during the Second Boer War |date=1899 – 1902 |place=South Africa |result=British Pyrrhic victory |casus=Jameson Raid |territory=Treaty of Vereeniging |combatant1= United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand |combatant2= Orange Free State, South African Republic |commander1=Frederick... Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (23 March 1854 _ 13 May 1925), was British statesman and colonial administrator. ... Flag of Orange River Colony The Orange River Colony was a British colony created by the annexation of the Orange Free State in 1900, after the Boer War. ... Milners Kindergarten is an informal reference to a group of Britons who served in the South African Civil Service under High Commissioner Alfred, Lord Milner, between the Boer War and the founding of the Union of South Africa. ... Lazard LLC (NYSE: LAZ) 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 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopaedia entry. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor) (14 December 1895 - 6 February 1952) became the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Emperor of India, upon the unexpected abdication of his brother, Edward VIII. He reigned from 11 December 1936 until his death. ...