Hugh Trefusis Brassey
| Hugh Trefusis Brassey | |
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| Born | 5 October 1915 |
| Died | 10 April 1990 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/ |
British Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
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| Battles/wars | World War II |
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| Other work | Justice of the Peace Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire |
Colonel Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey KCVO OBE MC JP DL (5 October 1915 – 1990) was a British soldier and magistrate.
He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Hugh Brassey, grandson of Henry Arthur Brassey, and his wife Margaret Harriet Trefusis, daughter of Hon. Walter Rodolph Trefusis. Brassey was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
He joined in the Royal Scots Greys as second lieutenant in 1935 During the Second World War, he was involved in the Syria-Lebanon Campaign in 1941 and the Battle of El Alamein in the following year. He took part in the Salerno Landings of 1943 and also in the Normandy Landings of 1944. In 1944, Brassey was decorated with the Military Cross and the French Croix de Guerre. After the war, he was transferred as lieutenant-colonel to the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry in 1955.
In the New Year Honours 1959 Brassey was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He was appointed aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II in 1964, a post he held for five years. In 1974, Brassey was appointed colonel of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.
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