was active in promoting a renewed Imperial Federation League. Brassey was managing director of lead mining and smelting companies in mainland Italy and Sardinia, such as the mine in Ingurtosu, a hamlet belonging to Arbus, Sardinia. He was Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy. Lord Brassey married Lady Idina Mary Nevill, daughter of William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, on 28 February 1889. They had no children. He succeeded to his father's title in 1918, enabling him to sit in the House of Lords. He died childless in November the following year, aged 56 after being hit by a taxi, when the titles became extinct. He was buried in Catsfield, Sussex. The Countess Brassey died in February 1951, aged 85. Footnotes References Ranft, Bryan (ed.), Ironclad to Trident, 100 Years of Defence Commentary, BRASSEYS's 1886–1986, Brassey's Defence Publishing (part of the Pergamon Group), 1986. . External links 1863 births 1919 deaths Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford People educated at Eton College Road incident deaths in England British Army personnel of World War I Knights of Grace of the Order of St John Deputy Lieutenants of Sussex Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey Imperial Yeomanry officers Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry officers British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Liberal Party (UK) hereditary peers Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates