Baron Brassey of Apethorpe, of Apethorpe

Apethorpe Hall

Apethorpe Hall in Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, England is a Grade I listed country house, dating back to the 15th century.The house is built around three courtyards lying on an east-west axis and is approximately by in area...

 in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1938 for Sir Henry Brassey, 1st Baronet

Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe

Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe DL , known as Sir Henry Brassey, 1st Baronet, from 1922 to 1938, was a British Conservative politician.-Biography:...

, who had previously represented Northamptonshire Northern

North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Peterborough

Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

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 as a Conservative

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. He had already been created a Baronet, of Apethorpe in the County of Northampton, in 1922. Brassey was the second but eldest surviving son of Henry Brassey

Henry Brassey

Henry Arthur Brassey DL was a British Member of Parliament.Brassey was the son of the railway contractor Thomas Brassey and his wife Maria . Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, was his elder brother and Albert Brassey his younger brother...

, third son of Thomas Brassey

Thomas Brassey

Thomas Brassey was an English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials who was responsible for building much of the world's railways in the 19th century. By 1847, he had built about one-third of the railways in Britain, and by time of his death in 1870 he had built one...

, and the nephew of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey

Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey

Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey GCB, JP, DL, TD , was a British Liberal Party politician, Governor of Victoria and founder of The Naval Annual.-Background and education:...

, and Albert Brassey

Albert Brassey

Colonel Albert Brassey was a British rower, soldier and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1895 to 1906.-Life:...

. the titles are held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1967.

Barons Brassey of Apethorpe (1938)

• Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe
  Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe
  Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe DL , known as Sir Henry Brassey, 1st Baronet, from 1922 to 1938, was a British Conservative politician.-Biography:...
  
   (1870–1958)
• Bernard Thomas Brassey, 2nd Baron Brassey of Apethorpe (1905–1967)
• David Henry Brassey, 3rd Baron Brassey of Apethorpe (b. 1932)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Edward Brassey (b. 1964)

The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Christian Brassey (b. 2003)