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Thomas Brand (17 September 1749 – 21 February 1794) was an English country landowner of
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and politician who sat in the
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from 1774 to 1780.


Biography

Brand was born on 17 September 1749, the eldest son of Thomas Brand of The Hoo, Kimpton, Hertfordshire and his wife Lady Caroline Pierrepont daughter of
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. He was educated at
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in 1764 and was admitted at
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on 19 January 1765. In August 1770 he succeeded his father to The Hoo. He married Gertrude Roper, daughter of Charles Roper on 20 April 1771. Brand's estate extended into Cambridgeshire and he tried to enter Parliament in 1770 at
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in a by-election, but he was dismissed as an outsider, and withdrew before the poll, receiving £1,000 compensation from Sir Sampson Gideon, Bt. At the 1774 general election Brand was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for
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on the interest of the Duke of Norfolk. There is no record of his having spoken in the House, and he did not stand in
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. He stood for Cambridgeshire at a by-election in 1789 but there was such support for his opponent James Whorwood Adeane, that he withdrew before the poll.


Death and succession

Brand died on 21 February 1794. His wife Gertrude succeeded her brother Trevor as Baroness Dacre on 4 July 1794 and was succeeded firstly by their eldest son
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and then by their second son Henry Otway. They also had a daughter Gertrude.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brand, Thomas 1749 births 1794 deaths People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1774–1780