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Thomas Brassey, 1St Earl BrasseyThomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (1836-1918) was a British politician. Brassey was the son of the railway contractor Thomas Brassey (1805-1870). He was Liberal MP for Hastings in 1868, a Lord of the Admiralty in 1880, and became Secretary to the Admiralty in 1884. He was knighted in 1881, and was created Baron Brassey of Bulkeley in 1886. From 1895 to 1900 he was Governor of Victoria, and was created Earl Brassey in 1911. He was succeeded in the earldom by his son Thomas, styled Viscount Hythe. The second earl died in 1919, when the titles became extinct. External links Brassey, Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl
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