| 词条 | Hubert Brand |
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| name = Sir Hubert Brand | image = Captain Hon. Hubert Brand Cvo Art.IWMART1720.jpg | caption = 1917 portrait by Francis Dodd | birth_date = 20 May 1870 | death_date = {{death-date and age|14 December 1955|20 May 1870}} | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = {{navy|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears = 1883–1932 | rank = Admiral | unit = | commands = Flag Officer, Royal Yachts Atlantic Fleet Plymouth Command | battles = World War I | awards = Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order | relations = }} Admiral Sir Hubert George Brand, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCB|KCMG|KCVO}} (20 May 1870 – 14 December 1955) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel. BackgroundBrand was the second son of Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden, Governor of New South Wales, and the grandson of Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden, Speaker of the House of Commons. His mother was Susan Henrietta Cavendish, daughter of Lord George Cavendish. His three surviving brothers also gained distinction: Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden, and the Honourable Roger Brand were both Brigadier-Generals in the Army while the Honourable Robert Brand was a businessman and civil servant who was raised to the peerage as Baron Brand in 1946.[1] Naval careerBrand joined the Royal Navy in 1883.[2] He was promoted to commander on 1 September 1902.[3] He was appointed Naval Attaché in Tokyo in 1912.[2] He served in World War I as Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord and then as Chief of Staff to Admiral commanding the Battlecruiser Squadron from 1916.[2] On 26 June 1919, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Hertfordshire.[4] After the war he became commander of the King's Yachts from 1919 and then commanded the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron from 1922 before becoming Naval Secretary in 1925.[2] He went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel later that year.[2] He was made Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet in 1927 and Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1929.[2] He was also appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King in 1931; He retired in 1932.[2] FamilyBrand married Norah Greene, daughter of Sir Conyngham Greene, British Ambassador to Japan, in 1914. They had two daughters, of whom only the eldest reached adulthood. Norah died in March 1924. Brand remained a widower until his death in December 1955, aged 85.[1] References1. ^1 thepeerage.com Admiral Hon. Sir Hubert George Brand {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box|title=Naval Secretary|before=Michael Hodges|after=Frank Larken|years=April 1925–April 1925}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue= 27473|date=12 September 1902 |page=5889}} 4. ^{{London Gazette | issue=31463 |page=9136 | date=18 July 1919}} |-{{succession box | before=Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt | title=Second Sea Lord | years=1925–1927 | after=Sir Michael Hodges}} |-{{s-bef | before=Sir Henry Oliver}}{{s-ttl | title=Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet | years=1927–1929}}{{s-aft | after=Sir Ernle Chatfield}} |-{{succession box | title=Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth | years=1929–1932 | before=Sir Rudolph Bentinck| after=Sir Eric Fullerton}} |-{{s-hon}}{{s-bef | before=Sir Walter Cowan}}{{s-ttl | title=First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp | years=1931–1932}}{{s-aft | after=Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Bt}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Montague Browning}}{{s-ttl|title=Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom |years=1939–1945}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Percy Noble}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brand, Hubert}} 9 : 1870 births|1955 deaths|Royal Navy admirals|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George|Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|Younger sons of viscounts|Lords of the Admiralty|Deputy Lieutenants of Hertfordshire |
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