Baron Braybrooke
Barony of Braybrooke | |
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Audley End | |
Motto | Ne Vile Velis ("Incline to nothing base") |
Baron Braybrooke, of
In 1749 Whitwell assumed the surname of Griffin, and the same year he was elected to Parliament for Andover, a seat he held until 1784. The latter year the barony of Howard de Walden, which had been in abeyance since the death of his great-great-grandfather the third Earl of Suffolk in 1689, was called out of abeyance in favour of him, and he was summoned to the House of Lords as the fourth Baron Howard de Walden. Moreover, the barony of Griffin of Braybrooke held by his maternal ancestors had become extinct on the death of his uncle, the third Baron, in 1743. In 1788 the Braybrooke title was revived when Griffin was created Baron Braybrooke.
History
On Lord Braybrooke and Howard de Walden's death in 1797, the barony of Howard de Walden again fell into
Their eldest son, the third Baron, sat in the House of Commons as a representative for Thirsk, Saltash, Buckingham and Berkshire.
Lieutenant Richard, 8th Baron Braybroke, Grenadier Guards, was killed on active service in Tunisia on 23 January 1943, and is buried in the Medjez el Bab Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery.
The tenth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1990, served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1992 to 2000. Lord Braybrooke was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Essex in July 2000.[4] Lord Braybrooke had eight daughters but no sons.
In 2017, the title was inherited by the tenth Baron's fourth cousin once removed, Richard Neville, born in 1977. The eleventh Baron is a great-great-great-grandson of George Neville-Grenville, Dean of Windsor, third son of the second Baron.
The family seat of Billingbear House burnt down in 1924. In 1948,
The Barons Braybrooke remain the hereditary visitors of Magdalene College, Cambridge but no longer have the power to appoint the master. Following an amendment to the college statutes, approved in 2012, the master is now appointed by the governing body of the college.
Barons Braybrooke (1788–)
- John Griffin Griffin, 1st Baron Braybrooke (1719–1797) (also 4th Baron Howard de Walden)
- Richard Neville (1717–1793) (kinsman of the 1st Baron)
- Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke (1750–1825) (kinsman of the 1st Baron, succeeded according to special remainder)
- Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke (1783–1858)
- Richard Cornwallis Neville, 4th Baron Braybrooke (1820–1861)
- Charles Cornwallis Neville, 5th Baron Braybrooke (1823–1902)
- Latimer Neville, 6th Baron Braybrooke (1827–1904)
- Henry Neville, 7th Baron Braybrooke (1855–1941)
- Hon. Grey Neville (1857–1920)
- Henry Seymour Neville, 9th Baron Braybrooke (1897–1990)
- Robin Henry Charles Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke (1932–2017)
- Hon. Caroline Emma Neville (1963–)
- Robin Henry Charles Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke (1932–2017)
- Henry Seymour Neville, 9th Baron Braybrooke (1897–1990)
- Hon. George Neville-Grenville (1789–1854)
- Ralph Neville-Grenville (1817–1886)
- Sir George Neville (1850–1923)
- Ralph Neville-Grenville (1817–1886)
- Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke (1783–1858)
- Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke (1750–1825) (kinsman of the 1st Baron, succeeded according to special remainder)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Edward Alfred Neville (born 2015).[1]
The heir apparent's heir presumptive is the present holder's first cousin, Edward Grey Neville (born 1982).[1]
There are no further heirs to the barony.
Arms
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See also
- Baron Howard de Walden
- Earl of Suffolk
- George Neville-Grenville, Dean of Windsor
- Ralph Neville-Grenville, Conservative MP
Notes
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- ^ "No. 13020". The London Gazette. 26 August 1788. p. 413.
- ^ Alex Samuels, Magdalene Association Essay Prize 2005-2006 Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ University of Essex: Honorary graduates Archived February 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
References
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 136.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Lord Braybrooke