Hugh Trefusis Brassey

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey KCVO, OBE, MC, JP (5 October 1915 – 1990) was a British soldier.

The son of Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Hugh Brassey and Margaret Harriet Trefusis, he was educated at Eton College in Berkshire and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. During the Second World War, Brassey served in the Royal Scots Greys, reaching the rank of Major. In 1944, he received the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre. After the war, he served in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

Brassey was Justice of Peace for Wiltshire in 1951 and Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire from 1955 to 1968. In 1959, he was High Sheriff of Wiltshire and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He was further Aide-de-Camp to Queen Elizabeth II from 1964 to 1969 and Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1968 to 1981. Having been Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1964 to 1970, he became its Ensign in 1970, Adjutant and Clerk Cheque in 1971, and finally Lieutenant in 1979. Brassey was Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1981 to 1989 and was invested as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1985.

On 18 July 1939, he married Joyce Patricia Kingscote, daughter of Captain Maurice John Kingscote. They had three daughters and two sons.

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