Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden

The Viscount Hampden
Born (1869-01-29)29 January 1869
Died 4 September 1958(1958-09-04) (aged 89)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1889–1919
Rank Brigadier General
Commands held 185th (2/1st West Riding) Brigade (1916–18)
126th (East Lancashire) Brigade (1915–16)
1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment (1913–15)
Battles/wars

Second Boer War
First World War

Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight of the Order of St John
Mentioned in Despatches (9)
Legion of Honour (France)

Brigadier General Thomas Walter Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden GCVO KCB CMG KStJ JP (29 January 1869 – 4 September 1958) was a British peer and soldier, the son of the 2nd Viscount Hampden.

Marriage and family

On 29 April 1899, he married Lady Katharine Mary Montagu-Douglas-Scott (a daughter of the 6th Duke of Buccleuch) and they had eight children.

Military career

Brand served as an officer in the Hertfordshire Regiment, and as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion from February 1913. Following the outbreak of the First World War, the Hertfordshires were deployed to the Western Front and Brand remained in command until January 1915. Subsequently, he was promoted to brigadier general and appointed to command the 126th (East Lancashire) Brigade at Gallipoli and later the 185th (2/1st West Riding) Brigade at the Battle of Cambrai and the battles of 1918.[1][2][3] Between 1935 to 1939, he was Colonel of the 10th Royal Hussars.

Other interests

In 1899, he played in the first international polo match between England and Australia in Melbourne alongside George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew.[4]

References

  1. Hertfordshire Regiment in the Great War
  2. Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2a: the Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territoral Force Divisions (42–56), London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
  3. Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: the 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions, London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
  4. Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in Britain: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2012, p. 37


Military offices
Preceded by
The Viscount Byng of Vimy
Colonel of the 10th Royal Hussars
(Prince of Wales's Own)

1935–1939
Succeeded by
Victor Greenwood
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl of Clarendon
Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
1915–1952
Succeeded by
Sir David Bowes-Lyon
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Brand
Viscount Hampden
2nd creation
1906–1958
Succeeded by
Thomas Brand
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