Sir Reginald Herbert Brade GCB (1864 – 1933) was a British civil servant.
Life
Brade was educated at Bradfield College. He entered the War Office as Clerk of the Higher Division of the Civil Service in 1884.[2] He was a Private Secretary between 1892 and 1896, first to Lord Sandhurst and Lord Monkswell when they were Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War, and then to Joseph Powell Williams when he was Financial Secretary to the War Office. Between 1901 and 1914, Brade was a Secretary of the Army Council and Assistant Secretary of the War Office. He was the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War from 1914 to 1920. He also was Secretary and Registrar of the Distinguished Service Order in 1906.[3] He was Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State from 1924 until his death.[4]
Honours and awards
- Order of the Bath (UK)
- King George V Coronation Medal (UK)
- Commander (Commandeur) of the Legion of Honour (Légion d'honneur), France[8]
- Commander (Commandeur) of the Order of Leopold (Leopoldsorde/Ordre de Léopold), Belgium[9]
References
- ^ a b "Brade, Sir Reginald Herbert". Who's Who.
- ^ "No. 25411". The London Gazette. 4 November 1884. p. 4756.
- ^ "No. 27912". The London Gazette. 11 May 1906. p. 3246.
- ^ "No. 32989". The London Gazette. 7 November 1924. p. 8043.
- ^ "No. 31391". The London Gazette. 6 June 1919. p. 7296.
- ^ "No. 28788". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1913. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 27926". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1906. p. 4460.
- ^ "No. 29548". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 April 1916. p. 3994.
- ^ "No. 30358". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 October 1917. p. 11152.
- "Brade, Sir Reginald Herbert (1864-1933) Knight Civil Servant". National Register of Archives. Archived from the original on 23 December 2007.
- The Next of Kin Memorial Plaque – website of The Imperial War Museum
- Who was Who: 1934
- UK Census 1881. (Scholar St Andrews College, Bradfield)
- National Archives; Cabinet Papers
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