Thomas Brand, 20th Baron Dacre

Thomas Brand, 20th Baron Dacre (25 March 1774 – 21 March 1851) was a British peer and Whig politician.

Background

Dacre was the eldest son of Thomas Brand, of The Hoo, Hertfordshire, and Gertrude, 19th Baroness Dacre, daughter of the Hon. Charles Roper.

Military career

He raised and commanded the Kimpton Volunteer Rifles, a part-time unit of the Volunteer Corps formed in 1803. In 1808 the volunteers were replaced by the Local Militia, and Brand commanded the Midland Battalion, Hertfordshire Local Militia, based at Hitchin.^[1]

Political career

Dacre entered Parliament for Helston in January 1807, a seat he only held until May of the same year, when he was returned for Hertfordshire. He continued to represent this constituency until 1819, when he succeeded his mother in the barony of Dacre and entered the House of Lords.

Personal life

Lord Dacre married Barbarina, daughter of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Baronet and widow of Valentine Wilmot, in 1819. The marriage was childless. He died at The Hoo, Hertfordshire, in March 1851, aged 76, and was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother, Henry. Lady Dacre died in London in May 1854, aged 86.

References

^ Maj J.H. Busby, 'Local Military Forces in Hertfordshire 1793–1814', Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol 31, No 125 (Spring 1953), pp. 15–24.

External links

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Brand
Thomas Brand at Find a Grave

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Vacant John Du Ponthieu	Member of Parliament for Helston 1807 With: John Du Ponthieu	Succeeded by Sir John St Aubyn, Bt Richard Richards
Preceded by William Plumer William Baker	Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire 1807–1819 With: Sir John Sebright, Bt	Succeeded by Sir John Sebright, Bt Hon. William Lamb
Peerage of England
Preceded by Gertrude Brand	Baron Dacre 1819–1851	Succeeded by Henry Otway Trevor

[1] Maj J.H. Busby, 'Local Military Forces in Hertfordshire 1793–1814', Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol 31, No 125 (Spring 1953), pp. 15–24.

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