The Ruggles-Brise Baronetcy, of Spains Hall

Spains Hall

Spains Hall is an Elizabethan country house near Finchingfield in Essex.The hall is named after Hervey de Ispania, who held the manor at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086...

 in Finchingfield

Finchingfield

Finchingfield is a village situated in the Braintree district of Essex. It is in the north-west of the county, which is a primarily rural area...

 in the County of Essex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 31 January 1935 for the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 politician Edward Ruggles-Brise. The second Baronet was Lord-Lieutenant of Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

 from 1958 to 1978.

Guy Ruggles-Brise, younger son of the first Baronet, was High Sheriff of Essex

High Sheriff of Essex

The High Sheriff of Essex was an ancient High Sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years...

 between 1967 and 1968.

Ruggles-Brise Baronets, of Spains Hall (1935)

• Sir Edward Archibald Ruggles-Brise, 1st Baronet (1882–1942)
• Sir John Archibald Ruggles-Brise, 2nd Baronet (1908–2007)
• Sir Timothy Edward Ruggles-Brise, 3rd Baronet (b. 1945)