About Leslie Brass
Lived 1891 – 1958 (aged 67). Leslie Brass was a civil servant.
Sir Leslie Stuart Brass CBE (12 November 1891 – 17 November 1958), was a British lawyer and civil servant, who was Legal Adviser to the Home Office from 1947 to 1956.
He was born on 12 November 1891 at 29 Trafalgar Square, Chelsea, London (now known as Chelsea Square), the son of Lot Brass (1854-1937), mechanical engineer, and his wife, Elizabeth Harnor. He was educated at St Paul's School, and from 1910 to 1914 at Christ Church, Oxford.
Family
He was married to Jessie Buchanan.
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British lawyer and civil servant
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Leslie Brass was born on 12 November 1891.
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Leslie Brass died on 17 November 1958.
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Leslie Brass was a civil servant.
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