Background
Brand was the son of John Brand of Edwardstone and his wife Susan Lappage, daughter of Thomas Lappage of Boxford. He was only moderately successful and succeeded to his father"s estates in Suffolk in 1642.
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Career
He was commissioner for assessment for Suffolk in 1649. He was elected alderman of London in March 1650 but gave up the post on paying a fine in April 1650. From 1650 to 1670 he was a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk.
He was commissioner for scandalous ministers in 1654 and commissioner for militia in 1659 and March 1660.
He was one of the MPs who were directed on 25 May 1660 to raise an immediate loan of £2,000 in the City but provided the money themselves after they ran into difficulties. He was one of those proposed for the order of Knight of the Royal Oak, with an annual income of £1,000.
He was commissioner for assessment from August 1660 until his death and was Sheriff of Suffolk from 1662 to 1663. Brand died at the age of 69 and was buried at Edwardstone.
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Membership
He became a merchant in London and was a member of the Worshipful Company of Salters by 1632. In 1660, Brand was elected Member of Parliament for Sudbury in the Convention Parliament.
