Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden
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Brigadier General The Viscount Hampden |
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| Born | 29 January 1869 |
| Died | 4 September 1958 (aged 89) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1889–1919 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Commands held |
185th (2/1st West Riding) Brigade (1916–18) 126th (East Lancashire) Brigade (1915–16) 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment (1913–15) |
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Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight of the Order of St John Mentioned in Despatches (9) Legion of Honour (France) |
Second Boer War
First World War
Brigadier General Thomas Walter Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden GCVO KCB CMG KStJ JP (29 January 1869 – 4 September 1958) was a British peer and soldier, the son of the 2nd Viscount Hampden.
He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
On 29 April 1899, he married Lady Katharine Mary Montagu-Douglas-Scott (a daughter of the 6th Duke of Buccleuch) and they had eight children.
Brand served as an officer in the Hertfordshire Regiment, and as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion from February 1913. Following the outbreak of the First World War, the Hertfordshires were deployed to the Western Front and Brand remained in command until January 1915. Subsequently, he was promoted to brigadier general and appointed to command the 126th (East Lancashire) Brigade at Gallipoli and later the 185th (2/1st West Riding) Brigade at the Battle of Cambrai and the battles of 1918. Between 1935 and 1939, he was Colonel of the 10th Royal Hussars.
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