Reginald Brade

Sir Reginald Herbert Brade GCB (1864 – 1933) was a British civil servant.

Sir Reginald Brade
Sir Reginald Brade, c.1900
Born	Reginald Herbert Brade (1864-08-15)15 August 1864[1] Melbourne, Australia
Died	5 January 1933(1933-01-05) (aged 68)[1] Surrey, England
Occupation	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)
  • Knight Grand Cross (GCB) 1919^[5]
  • Knight Commander (KCB) 1914^[6]
  • Companion (CB) 1906^[7]
• 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]