Family and Education
b. c. 1717, o.s. of Thomas Brand by Margaret, da. of John Nichol of Chipping Barnet, Herts. educ. Eton 1728;Eton Coll. Reg. 1698-1752 suggests that the Brand who entered in 1728 was prob. Queens’, Camb. 1735.Venn’s suggestion that this was Thomas Brand Hollis is incorrect. m. 9 Jan. 1749, Lady Caroline Pierrepont (d. 1753), da. of Evelyn, 1st Duke of Kingston, and half-sis. of Lady Evelyn Pierrepont, mother of Gertrude, Duchess of Bedford, 1s. 2da. On his marriage Thomas Brand settled estates worth £1,716 p.a.‘Proposals for a settlement on a marriage intended between Mr. B. and Lady C.P.’, Oct. 1748, Bedford mss 22, f. 41. Bedford was one of the trustees of the marriage settlement. suc. fa. 1718.
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Main residence: The Hoo, Kimpton, Herts.
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Commons 1754-1790
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BRAND, Thomas (c.1717-70)
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Oxford 1644
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