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The Right Honourable

Baron Dacre

CB
Birth name Henry Otway Brand
Born 27 July 1777
Died 2 June 1853
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1793–1853
Rank General
Unit Coldstream Guards
Commands held 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Battles/wars
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Army Gold Medal
Military General Service Medal
Memorials Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks (destroyed 1944)
Spouse(s) Pyne Crosbie
Children 6, including:
Thomas Trevor, 22nd Baron Dacre
Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden
Relations Thomas 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

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

Career

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

George Romney - The Honorable Mrs. Trevor (Viscountess Hampden), 1779-1780 - IMG 0722
Pyne Crosbie, aka Hon. Mrs. Trevor, aka Hon. Mrs Brand, aka Lady or Baroness Dacre, by George Romney, 1779.

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:

  • Hon. Thomas Crosbie William, later 22nd Baron Dacre (1808–1890)
  • Hon. Henry Bouverie William, later 23rd Baron Dacre and 1st Viscount Hampden (1814–1892)
  • Hon. Pyne Jesse (d. 1872), married Sir John Henry Cotterell, had one son Sir Geers Cotterell, 3rd Baronet. After his death, she married Granville Harcourt-Vernon.
  • Hon. Julia (d. 1858), married Samuel Charles Whitbread.
  • Hon. Gertrude (d. 1883), married Sir George Seymour.
  • Hon. Frederica Mary Jane (1812–1873).

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

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