Thomas Brassey, lst Earl Brassey (1836-1918) English Liberal politician and eldest son of Thomas Brassey the eminent railway contractor. Created Earl Brassey in 1911. In 1876-1877, with his wife and four children, he circumnavigated the world in his steam-assisted yacht 'Sunbeam'. Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne in the Punch's Fancy Portraits series from 'Punch' (London, 18 June 1881).

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Thomas Brassey, lst Earl Brassey (1836-1918) English Liberal politician and eldest son of Thomas Brassey the eminent railway contractor. Created Earl Brassey in 1911. In 1876-1877, with his wife and four children, he circumnavigated the world in his steam-assisted yacht 'Sunbeam'. Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne in the Punch's Fancy Portraits series from 'Punch' (London, 18 June 1881).

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