Henry Bouverie William Brand, 23rd Baron Dacre and 1st Viscount Hampden Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Personal Computer, was a British Liberal politician.
Background
Brand was the second son of General Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, who inherited the barony in 1851, second son of Thomas Brand and Gertrude Roper, 19th Baroness Dacre. His mother was Pyne, daughter of the Very Reverend the Honorary Maurice Crosbie, Dean of Limerick, son of the 1st Lord Brandon (Brandon"s wife was a granddaughter of Sir William Petty, Federal Reserve System).
He descended, almost directly, from Colonel John Hampden, the patriot.
His forebear Sir John Trevor III (1624-1672) of Plas Teg, son of Sir John Trevor II of Plas Teg and Trevalun, by Anne daughter of Sir Edmund Hampden of Wendover, had married John Hampden"s daughter Ruth, who was his first cousin.
Education
He was educated at Eton and was a member of Brook"s, Reform and Athenaeum clubs.
Career
He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1872 to 1884. That is to say the 19th Baron Dacre (aka Gertrude Roper (d1819) wife to Thomas Brand V (1749-1794)) was the great-great-granddaughter of The Patriot. Brand was in the Coldstream Guards for 12 years, from 20 April 1832 until 6 September 1844.
He was their 963rd officer
His father, the General, had been their 690th officer serving 28 years between 1793 and 1821. He was a Lord of the Treasury during the first Palmerston ministry, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury during the second.
At some point he was Keeper of the Privy Seal to the Prince of Wales. In 1872 he was elected speaker, and retained this post till February 1884.
lieutenant fell to him to deal with the systematic obstruction of the Irish Nationalist Party, and his speakership is memorable for his action on 2 February 1881 in refusing further debate on West. East. Forster"s Coercion Bill—a step which led to the formal introduction of the closure into parliamentary procedure.
He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1881 and on his retirement he was created Viscount Hampden, of Glynde in the County of Sussex. According to John Bateman, who derived his information from statistics published in 1873, Honorary Sir Henry Bouverie William Brand, Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, of Glynde, Lewes, had 8,846 acres in Sussex (worth 8,121 guineas per annum).
Arthur Brand was also a Liberal politician.
A daughter, Maud Bevan, was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the Red Cross. Lady Hampden died in March 1899.
Politics
Brand entered parliament as a Liberal in 1852, sat for Cambridgeshire, and for some time was Chief Whip of his party.
Membership
16th United Kingdom Parliament. 17th United Kingdom Parliament. 18th United Kingdom Parliament.
19th United Kingdom Parliament.
20th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament.
22nd United Kingdom Parliament.