Ronald Nall-Cain, 2nd Baron Brocket

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John Tinné
Succeeded byJoseph Cleary
Personal details
Born
Arthur Ronald Nall Nall-Cain

(1904-08-04)4 August 1904
Died24 March 1967(1967-03-24) (aged 62)
Political party
Oxford University

Arthur Ronald Nall Nall-Cain, 2nd Baron Brocket

KStJ (4 August 1904 – 24 March 1967) was a prominent British Nazi sympathiser and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom
.

Early life

He was born into a millionaire brewing family on 4 August 1904. His father,

Charles Nall-Cain, was created a baronet in 1921 and Baron Brocket of Brocket Hall in 1933. After his death a year later, Arthur succeeded to his titles.[1]

Nall-Cain was educated at

Oxford University, where he captained the golf team. He became a barrister and a Hertfordshire County Councillor.[1]

Political career

He was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Wavertree at a by-election in 1931,[2] and was a close associate of Neville Chamberlain. After his father died, Nall-Cain was required to leave the House of Commons as he was elevated to the House of Lords.[1]

Nazi sympathiser

Brocket became known in society as a

Foreign Secretary, the Earl of Halifax used Brocket as a conduit to convey the views of the British government to the leading German Nazis
.

At the outbreak of

ornithologist Bengt Berg. Brocket also worked closely with the historian Arthur Bryant, who shared his far right views, to bring the negotiations to the attention of the UK Foreign Office. However, Brocket was informed that the proposal to grant Germany control over Poland and Czechoslovakia was not acceptable to the British government.[5] Brocket was interned at the outbreak of war and his properties sequestrated by the War Office.[6]

Landowner

In the 1930s, Brocket bought Inverie House and the

crofters and dismissing and evicting workers. At the outbreak of war, the house and estate was taken over by the British Army when Brocket was interned; it was used to train commandos and SOE agents.[7] After the war, the British government returned ownership of the estate to Brocket. He ordered that anything which might have been used or touched by SOE agents removed from Inverie House; all the cutlery, crockery and toilets were dumped in the sea at the mouth of Loch Nevis.[8]

In 1948, some returning Highland soldiers, who would become known as Seven Men of Knoydart, decided to take a stand against Brocket and the way he managed his estate. The group claimed portions of the Knoydart estate in a land raid. But after Brocket took legal action to get them evicted, the group agreed to vacate the land as a good faith action for court. However, once they left they were dispossessed and they lost the case.[9] Shortly afterwards Brocket sold the Knoydart estate. In 1949, he bought the Carton House estate in Ireland.

Personal life

Brocket inherited two stately homes in the UK.

Bramshill Park, in Hampshire
. In 1927, Brocket married Angela Beatrix Pennyman, younger daughter of Rev. Preb. William Geoffrey Pennyman of Ormesby Hall in Yorkshire.[10] Together, they were the parents of:[1]

  • Ronald Charles Manus Nall-Cain (1928–1961), eldest son and heir apparent, who pre-deceased his father, having in 1950 married Elizabeth Mary Stallard, a daughter of R.J. Stallard of Bake House, Petersfield, Hampshire.[11]
  • David Lawrence Robert Nall-Cain (born 1930), 2nd son, who inherited Carton House from his father. He married Katherine Elizabeth Palmer, a daughter of William Matthew Palmer, Viscount Wolmer (1912-1942), eldest son and heir apparent of Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne (1887–1971).[11] In 1977 he sold Carton to the Mallaghan family.[12]
  • Elizabeth Angela Veronica Rose Nall-Cain (born 1938), wife of
    Thomas Taylour, 6th Marquess of Headfort.[11]

Descendants

Through his eldest son, he was a grandfather to convicted fraudster

Christopher Taylour, 7th Marquess of Headfort.[14]

Coat of arms of Ronald Nall-Cain, 2nd Baron Brocket
Notes
Granted 29 October 1928 by
Ulster King of Arms.[15]
Crest
On wreaths of the colours 1st a cat saliant guardant Erminois holding between the paws a dexter hand couped Gules (Cain) 2nd a bee Proper between two roses Gules barbed seeded stalked and leaved Proper (Nall).
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent three salmon haurient Gules in chief an oak tree eradicated Proper (Cain) 2nd & 3rd Argent a bee Proper between three roses Gules (Nall).
Supporters
Two cats guardant Erminois[16]
Motto
Felis Demucta Mitis

Death

Nall-Cain died on 24 March 1967 and was succeeded by his grandson, Charles.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Brocket, Baron (UK, 1933)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. ISBN 0-900178-06-X
    .
  3. ^ a b Stewart, David. "Parliamentary Debates". Parliament of the United Kingdom.
  4. ^ Callan, Paul. "Hitler's Aristocratic Admirers". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Review: Reassessments of Winston Churchill". The International History Review. 18 (1). Taylor & Francis: 113–126. February 1996.
  6. ^ "Brocket Hall and the Brocket Babes". www.hertsmemories.org.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  7. ^ Knoydart Foundation. "Past Times". Knoydart Foundation. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  8. ISBN 9781849890458
    .
  9. ^ Goodwin, Stephan (23 January 1999). "Knoydart bereft by exit of saviour". The Independent. London. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  10. ^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.178
  11. ^ a b c Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.178
  12. ^ "A Walk Yhrough Carton House: 835 Years of History" (PDF). www.cartonhouse.com. Carton House. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Bangers & cash: How Charlie Brocket reinvented himself as a purveyor of eco-friendly sausages". The Independent. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Headfort, Marquess of (I, 1800)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms". National Library of Ireland. p. 237. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  16. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Tinné
 Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree
1931–1934 		Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Brocket
1934–1967 		Succeeded by
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