Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden


Thomas Walter Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden was a British peer and soldier, the son of the 2nd Viscount Hampden.

Education

He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Marriage and family

On 29 April 1899, he married Lady Katharine Mary Montagu-Douglas-Scott and they had eight children.

Military career

Brand served as an officer in the Hertfordshire Regiment, and as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion from February 1913. Following the outbreak of the First World War, the Hertfordshires were deployed to the Western Front and Brand remained in command until January 1915. Subsequently, he was promoted to brigadier general and appointed to command the 126th Brigade at Gallipoli, the 6th Mounted Brigade with the Western Frontier Force and later the 185th Brigade at the Battle of Cambrai and the battles of 1918. Between 1935 and 1939, he was Colonel of the 10th Royal Hussars.

Other interests

In 1899, he played in the first international polo match between England and Australia in Melbourne alongside George Bellew-Bryan, 4th Baron Bellew.