Nathaniel Brassey (c. 1697–1765) of Roxford, Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire and Lombard St., London was a British banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1761.
[1] Brassey stood for Parliament at St Albans at a by-election in 1730, but was defeated in a contest.
He was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Hertford at the 1734 British general election.
In 1739 he was one of the Members chosen to prepare a bill to prevent fraud and abuses in gold and silver wares.
As a result, he received the thanks of the Goldsmiths’ Company for his ‘indefatigable pains’ Also in 1739, with other Hertfordshire Members, he supported a motion for the repeal of the Test Act.