Lord Braybrooke, Baron of Braybrooke, in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant Peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of It was created in 1788 for John Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, with remainder to his kinsman Richard Neville-Aldworth. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap 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 ( February 10, 1606 /1607 &ndash January 7, 1688) was grandson of Thomas Howard 1st Earl of Suffolk 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. Year 1749 ( MDCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Andover was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1295 to 1307 and again from 1586 then of the Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 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. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" 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. Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a In 1788 the Braybrooke title was revived when Griffin was created Baron Braybrooke. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap
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). Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Barony of Howard de Walden was created by writ of summons in the Peerage of England by Queen Elizabeth I for Admiral Lord Thomas Howard, a younger 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, to add to his own at Billingbear Park in Berkshire. Audley End House ( is largely an early 17th-century Country house just outside Saffron Walden, Essex, south of Cambridge, England Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common Billingbear House was situated in the Parish of Waltham St Lawrence in Berkshire, England, about six miles from Windsor. Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South The same year he succeeded in the barony, Neville-Aldworth assumed by Royal license the surname of Griffin. He had previously represented Grampound, Buckingham and Reading in Parliament and later served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex. Grampound in Cornwall, was a Borough constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Buckingham is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. History Reading was one of the boroughs summoned to send members to the Model Parliament. This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex. Lord Braybrooke was the husband of Catherine Grenville, daughter of the former Prime Minister George Grenville. George Grenville (14 October 1712 &ndash 13 November 1770 was a British Whig statesman who served in government
Their eldest son, the third Baron, sat in the House of Commons as a representative for Thirsk, Saltash, Buckingham and Berkshire. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords Thirsk was a Parliamentary borough in Yorkshire, represented in the English and later British House of Commons in 1295, and again from Saltash, sometimes called Essa, was a " Rotten borough " in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House Buckingham is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Berkshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary Constituency. As of 2007 the title is held by the latter's great-great-grandson, the tenth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1990. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) He notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1992 to 2002. This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Lord Braybrooke has seven daughters (and one deceased daughter) but no sons. Consequently, the heir presumptive to the peerage is his fourth cousin George Neville (b. 1943). He is a 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. Audley End House ( is largely an early 17th-century Country house just outside Saffron Walden, Essex, south of Cambridge, England The Ministry of Works was a department of the UK Government formed in 1943 during World War II, to organise the requisitioning of property for wartime use Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. English Heritage is a Non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government ( Department for Culture Media and Sport) with a broad remit of However, it is still the home of the Baron Braybrooke and his family. Lord Braybrooke is the Hereditary Visitor of Magdalene College, Cambridge. For the Catholic equivalent see Canonical visitation, and for other uses see Visitor (disambiguation A Visitor, in United Magdalene College redirects here see also Magdalen College Oxford Magdalene College (ˈmɔːdlɪn was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel in time