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Harold Brassey
Lieutenant Colonel Harold Ernest Brassey (29 March 1877 – 15 July 1916) was a polo champion who was killed in World War I. Personal life Brassey was the third of five sons (there being also seven daughters) of politician Henry Brassey, Henry Arthur Brassey (1840–1891), J.P., D.L., of Preston Hall, Aylesford, Kent. His grandfather, Thomas Brassey, was a civil engineer, responsible at the time of his death for one in every twenty miles of railway in the world, and his uncle, also Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, Thomas Brassey, Governor of Victoria from 1895 to 1900, was created Baron Brassey in 1886, and Earl Brassey in 1911. An elder brother, Conservative politician Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe, Henry Brassey, was created a baronet in 1922, and Baron Brassey of Apethorpe in 1938. In 1906, Brassey married Lady Norah Hely-Hutchinson (1880–1964), daughter of the John Hely-Hutchinson, 5th Earl of Donoughmore, 5th Earl of Donoughmore; they had three daughters. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polo
Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ball through the opposing team's goal. Each team has four mounted riders, and the game usually lasts one to two hours, divided into periods called ''chukkas'' or "''chukkers''". Polo has been called "the sport of kings", and has become a spectator sport for equestrians and high society, often supported by sponsorship. The progenitor of the game and its variants existed from the to the as equestrian games played by nomadic Iranian and Turkic peoples. In Persia, where the sport evolved and developed, it was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the royal guard or other elite troops. A notable example is Saladin, who was known for being a skilled polo player which contributed to his cavalry training. It is now popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
