Hugh Trefusis Brassey

Colonel Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey KCVO OBE MC JP DL (5 October 1915 – 10 April 1990) was a British soldier and magistrate.

[3] He joined in the Royal Scots Greys as second lieutenant in 1935[4] During the Second World War, he was involved in the Syria-Lebanon Campaign in 1941 and the Battle of El Alamein in the following year.

[1] In 1944, Brassey was decorated with the Military Cross[5] and the French Croix de Guerre.

[1] In the New Year Honours 1959 Brassey was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

[6] He was appointed aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II in 1964, a post he held for five years.