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Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre

British Army general

French Revolutionary Wars
- Flanders campaign
Napoleonic Wars
- Battle of Copenhagen
- Peninsular War
  - Second Battle of Porto
  - Battle of Talavera
  - Battle of Bussaco
  - Battle of Salamanca
  - Siege of Burgos

AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Army Gold Medal
Military General Service MedalMemorialsRoyal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks (destroyed 1944)Spouse(s)Pyne CrosbieChildren6, including:
Thomas Trevor, 22nd Baron Dacre
Henry Brand, 1st Viscount HampdenRelationsThomas Brand (father)
Thomas Brand, 20th Baron Dacre (brother)

Henry Otway Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, CB (27 July 1777 – 2 June 1853) was a British peer and soldier.

Early life

Born Henry Otway Brand, he was the second son of Thomas Brand and his wife the 19th Baroness Dacre.

Career

In 1807, he fought at Copenhagen and commanded the 1st Battalion of the Coldstream Guards during the Peninsular War, seeing action at Salamanca, Talavera and Buçaco. In 1815, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath and on inheriting the estates of his cousin, John Trevor-Hampden, 3rd Viscount Hampden, changed his surname to Trevor. In 1851, he inherited his childless brother's title and also became a General that year.

Personal life

On 24 August 1806, he married Pyne Crosbie (a sister of William Crosbie, 4th Baron Brandon and ex-wife of Sir John Gordon, 6th Baronet) and they had six children:

Hon. Thomas Crosbie William, later 22nd Baron Dacre (1808–1890)
Hon. Henry Bouverie William, later 23rd Baron Dacre and 1st Viscount Hampden (1814–1892)
Hon. Pyne Jesse (d. 1872), married Sir John Henry Cotterell, had one son Sir Geers Cotterell, 3rd Baronet. After his death, she married Granville Harcourt-Vernon.
Hon. Julia (d. 1858), married Samuel Charles Whitbread.
Hon. Gertrude (d. 1883), married Sir George Seymour.
Hon. Frederica Mary Jane (1812–1873).

Upon the death of Lord Dacre in 1853, his title passed to his eldest son, Thomas.

Sources

Burke's Peerage & Gentry

References

^ The Carnegie Museum of Art is mistaken to say that she was herself Viscountess Hampden.

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Colin Halkett	Colonel of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot 1847–1853	Succeeded by Sir Alexander Leith
Peerage of England
Preceded by Thomas Brand	Baron Dacre 1851–1853	Succeeded by Thomas Trevor