Brassey Explained

Brassey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Albert Brassey (1844–1918), British rower, soldier and Conservative politician
• Anna Brassey (née Allnutt) (1839–1887), English traveller and writer
• Baron Brassey of Apethorpe (Northampton), title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Bill Brassey, English bare-knuckle boxer
• Earl Brassey, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Harold Brassey, British polo champion
• Henry Brassey (1840–1891), British Member of Parliament
• Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe (1870–1958), British Conservative politician
• Hugh Trefusis Brassey (1915–1990), British soldier and magistrate
• Nathaniel Brassey (c. 1697–1765), British banker and politician
• Nathaniel Brassey Halhed (1751–1830), English Orientalist and philologist
• Robert Bingham Brassey (1875–1946), British Conservative Party politician
• Rowan Brassey (born 1956), New Zealand lawn bowls player
• Thomas Brassey (1805–1870), English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials
• Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (1836–1918), British Liberal Party politician
• Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey (1863–1919), editor of The Naval Annual
• Willoughby Brassey (1818–1904), Royal Navy, East India Company, Major in Taranaki Military Settlers

See also

• Brassey's Naval Annual
• Brassey Green, village in Cheshire, England
• Brassey SSSI, nature reserve in Gloucestershire, England
• Peto, Brassey and Betts, civil engineering partnership between Samuel Morton Peto, Thomas Brassey and Edward Betts