In 1831 [his father] Thomas Brassey [aged 24] and [his mother] Maria Harrison were married.
On 11th February 1836 Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey was born to Thomas Brassey [aged 29] and Maria Harrison.
On 9th October 1860 Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey [aged 24] and Anna Allnutt were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
In 1865 [his daughter] Mabel Annie Brassey was born to Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey [aged 28] and [his wife] Anna Allnutt. She married 17th April 1888 Charles Augustus Egerton and had issue.
On 8th December 1870 [his father] Thomas Brassey [aged 64] died.
Around 1885. Francis "Frank" Holl [aged 39]. Portrait of Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey [aged 48].
On 14th September 1887 [his wife] Anna Allnutt died.
On 17th April 1888 [his son-in-law] Charles Augustus Egerton [aged 41] and [his daughter] Mabel Annie Brassey [aged 23] were married.
In 1890 [his son-in-law] Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr [aged 20] and [his daughter] Muriel Agnes Brassey Countess De La Warr were married. He the son of Reginald Windsor Sackville 7th Earl De La Warr [aged 72] and Constance Mary Elizabeth Baillie-Cochrane Countess De La Warr [aged 44].
On 18th September 1890 Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey [aged 54] and Sybil de Vere Capell [aged 31] were married at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 11th September 1892 Arthur Algernon Capell 6th Earl Essex [aged 89] died. His grandson [his brother-in-law] George [aged 34] succeeded 7th Earl Essex, 8th Baron Capell Hadham.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 14th December 1893 [his brother-in-law] George Capell 7th Earl of Essex [aged 36] and Adele Beach Grant Countess Essex [aged 27] were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. She by marriage Countess Essex. Her uncle Richard Suydam Grant gave her away since her father David Beach Grant had died five years before.
In 1902 [his son-in-law] Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr [aged 32] and [his daughter] Muriel Agnes Brassey Countess De La Warr were divorced.
In August 1903 [his daughter] Muriel Agnes Brassey Countess De La Warr died.
1912. Harold Speed [aged 39]. Portrait of Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey [aged 75].
On 25th September 1916 [his brother-in-law] George Capell 7th Earl of Essex [aged 58] died at his home Stanley House having been run over by a taxi. His son Algernon [aged 32] succeeded 8th Earl Essex, 9th Baron Capell Hadham.
On 23rd February 1918 Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey [aged 82] died.
On 20th February 1934 [his former wife] Sybil de Vere Capell [aged 75] died.
[his daughter] Muriel Agnes Brassey Countess De La Warr was born to Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey and Anna Allnutt. She married (1) 1890 Gilbert Sackville 8th Earl De La Warr, son of Reginald Windsor Sackville 7th Earl De La Warr and Constance Mary Elizabeth Baillie-Cochrane Countess De La Warr, and had issue.
father: Thomas Brassey 
Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey
Grandfather: Thomas Harrison of Liverpool
mother: Maria Harrison