Baron Braybrooke
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Braybrooke
Braybrooke is a small village in north west Northamptonshire, England. It is situated about halfway between Market Harborough and Desborough. It lies in a valley between two ridges one of which is surmounted by the A6 trunk road...
, in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain
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. It was created in 1788 for John Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, with remainder to his kinsman Richard Neville-Aldworth. Lord Howard de Walden was the son of William Whitwell and Anne Griffin, daughter of James Griffin, 2nd Baron Griffin of Braybrooke, who was the son of Edward Griffin, 1st Baron Griffin of Braybrooke, and his wife Lady Essex Howard, eldest daughter of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden
James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk
James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, Earl Marshal , was grandson of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and was himself 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden.-Family:...
. In 1749 Whitwell assumed the surname of Griffin, and the same year he was elected to Parliament for Andover
Andover (UK Parliament constituency)
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, 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
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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.
On Lord Braybrooke and Howard de Walden's death in 1797, the barony of Howard de Walden again fell into abeyance (it was called out of abeyance in 1799; see the Baron Howard de Walden
Baron Howard de Walden
Baron Howard de Walden is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ of summons, by Queen Elizabeth I for Admiral Lord Thomas Howard, a younger son of the 4th Duke of Norfolk, in 1597. The title was reportedly granted for the Admiral's role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588...
). He was succeeded in the barony of Braybrooke according to the special remainder by his kinsman Richard Neville-Aldworth, the second Baron. He also inherited the family seat of Audley End in Essex
Essex
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, to add to his own at Billingbear Park
Billingbear House
Billingbear House was situated in the parish of Waltham St. Lawrence in Berkshire, England, about six miles from Windsor.Originally owned by the Bishop of Winchester, the land was given to Sir Henry Neville in 1549 by King Edward VI...
in Berkshire
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. The same year he succeeded in the barony, Neville-Aldworth assumed by Royal license the surname of Griffin. He had previously represented Grampound
Grampound (UK Parliament constituency)
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, Buckingham
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and Reading
Reading (UK Parliament constituency)
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in Parliament and later served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex
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. Lord Braybrooke was the husband of Catherine Grenville, daughter of the former Prime Minister George Grenville
George Grenville
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.
Their eldest son, the third Baron, sat in the House of Commons
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as a representative for Thirsk
Thirsk (UK Parliament constituency)
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, Saltash
Saltash (UK Parliament constituency)
Saltash, sometimes called Essa, was a "rotten borough" in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1552 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
, Buckingham
Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)
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and Berkshire
Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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.
Latimer Neville, the 6th Baron Braybrooke was Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College, Cambridge
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for over 50 years from 1853-1904 (a record unlikely ever to be surpassed), but described as "a good but dull man lacking intellectual powers."
As of 2010 the title is held by the latter's great-great-grandson, the tenth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1990. He notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex
Lord Lieutenant of Essex
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from 1992 to 2002. Lord Braybrooke has seven daughters (and one deceased daughter) but no sons. Consequently, the heir presumptive to the peerage is his fifth cousin Richard Ralph Neville (b.1977). He is a great-great-great-grandson of the Very Reverend Hon. George Neville-Grenville, third son of the second Baron.
The family seat of Billingbear House burnt down in 1924. Audley End was sold to the Ministry of Works in 1948 and later came into the care of the English Heritage
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. However, it is still the home of the Baron Braybrooke and his family. Lord Braybrooke is the Hereditary Visitor
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of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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Barons Braybrooke (1788)
- John Griffin Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, 1st Baron Braybrooke (d. 1797)
- Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke (1750–1825)
- Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron BraybrookeRichard Griffin, 3rd Baron BraybrookeRichard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke , known as Richard Neville until 1797 and as the Hon. Richard Griffin between 1797 and 1825, was a British Whig politician and literary figure.-Background and education:...
(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)
- Richard Henry Cornwallis Neville, 8th Baron Braybrooke (1918–1943)
- Henry Seymour Neville, 9th Baron Braybrooke (1897–1990)
- Robin Henry Charles Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke (b. 1932)
The Heir Presumptive
Heir Presumptive
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is the present holder's fourth cousin once-removed Richard Ralph Neville (b. 1977). He is a great-great-great-great-grandson of the 2nd Baron Braybrooke.