Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (1836-1918) was a British politician.

Brassey was the son of the railway contractor Thomas Brassey (1805-1870). He was Liberal MP for Hastings in 1868, a Lord of the Admiralty in 1880, and became Secretary to the Admiralty in 1884. He was knighted in 1881, and was created Baron Brassey of Bulkeley in 1886. From 1895 to 1900 he was Governor of Victoria, and was created Earl Brassey in 1911. He was succeeded in the earldom by his son Thomas, styled Viscount Hythe. The second earl died in 1919, when the titles became extinct.

|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
The Earl of Hopetoun | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Governor of Victoria
1895–1900 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Sir George Clarke

|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
HRH The Prince of Wales | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
1908–1913 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
The Earl Beauchamp

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• Opening of Hastings Pier. of related interest.