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HARRY B. BLOOMSBURG 



ASSOCIATE 



THE RT. HON. EARL BRASSEY, G.C.B., D.C.L. 



HONORARY ASSOCIATE 



The death of Lord Brassey marked the passing of a man full oi years 

 and of high esteem. He was one of many who contributed so largely to the 

 strides made during the last half of the nineteenth century. To us he will be 

 best remembered by his contributions to and interest in all that pertained to 

 the sea.' A study of his life reveals, however, that his activities were many 

 and his usefulness great. He was a charter member of our sister society in 

 London and throughout his life contributed to its proceedings, besides serving 

 on the Council and later as president. 



The late Earl Brassey was born in 1836, being the eldest son of Thomas 

 Brassey, the great railway contractor, among whose many works were part of 

 the Southwestern Railway and the first railway to be built in France, connect- 

 ing Paris with Havre. 



He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford, where he 

 took honors in Law and Modern History. In 1861 Lord Brassey (at the age 

 of twenty-nine) unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary borough of Birk- 

 enhead in the Liberal interest. Four years later he was elected member for 

 Devonport, and sat for a few months until the dissolution of Parliament. 

 The following year, at the general election, he was defeated by a narrow 

 majority as candidate for Sandwich, and in 1868 was elected for Hastings, 

 which borough he represented continuously for eighteen years. From 1880 

 to 1885 he served in Mr. Gladstone's Government, first as Civil Lord of the 

 Admiralty and afterwards as Parliamentary Secretary of that department. 



In 1882-3 Lord Brassey published a comprehensive work in five volmnes 



