Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre

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The Right Honourable

Baron Dacre

Birth nameHenry Otway Brand
Born27 July 1777
Died2 June 1853
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1793–1853
RankGeneral
UnitColdstream Guards
Commands held1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Battles/wars
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Army Gold Medal
Military General Service Medal
MemorialsRoyal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks (destroyed 1944)
Spouse(s)Pyne Crosbie
Children6, including:
Thomas Trevor, 22nd Baron Dacre
Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden
RelationsThomas Brand (father)
Thomas Brand, 20th Baron Dacre (brother)

Henry Otway Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, CB (27 July 1777 – 2 June 1853) was a British peer and soldier.

Early life[edit]

Born Henry Otway Brand, he was the second son of Thomas Brand and his wife the 19th Baroness Dacre.

Career[edit]

In 1807, he fought at Copenhagen and commanded the 1st Battalion of the Coldstream Guards during the Peninsular War, seeing action at Salamanca, Talavera and Buçaco. In 1815, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath and on inheriting the estates of his cousin, John Trevor-Hampden, 3rd Viscount Hampden, changed his surname to Trevor. In 1851, he inherited his childless brother's title and also became a General that year.

Personal life[edit]

Pyne Crosbie, aka Hon. Mrs. Trevor, aka Hon. Mrs Brand, aka Lady or Baroness Dacre, by George Romney, 1779.[1]

On 24 August 1806, he married Pyne Crosbie (a sister of William Crosbie, 4th Baron Brandon and ex-wife of Sir John Gordon, 6th Baronet) and they had six children:

Upon the death of Lord Dacre in 1853, his title passed to his eldest son, Thomas.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ The Carnegie Museum of Art is mistaken to say that she was herself Viscountess Hampden.
Military offices
Preceded by Colonel of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot
1847–1853
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Dacre
1851–1853
Succeeded by