Michael Charles Brand 1925-2012

_.Michael Charles Brand, who died 30 Nov, 2012, at the age of 87, was a scion of the Viscounts Hampden (Peerage UK, cr 1884), and was a grandson maternally of the 5th Earl of Rosslyn (Peerage of the UK, cr 1801). He was born in 1925 a son of Lieut.-Col. John Charles Brand, DSO, MC (1885-1929), by his wife the former Lady Rosabelle Millicent St Clair-Erskine (d 1956); married in 1953, the Hon Laura Caroline Beatrice Smith (b 1931), a daughter of the 3rd Viscount Hambleden (Peerage of the UK, cr 1891), by whom he had issue.

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