Baron Braye, of Eaton Bray in the County of Bedford, is a title in the Peerage of England. The Peerage of England comprises all Peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. It was created in 1529 for Sir Edmund Braye. Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (c 1484 - 18 October 1539) was an English peer. The barony was created by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines. Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He died from wounds received at the Battle of St Quentin in 1557. The Spanish won a significant victory over the French in the Battle of Saint-Quentin ( 1557) during the Franco-Habsburg War ( 1551 Lord Braye was childless and on his death the title fell into abeyance between his sisters. Abeyance (from the Old French abeance meaning "gaping" a state of expectancy in respect of property titles or office when the right to them is not It remained in abeyance for 282 years until the abeyance was terminated in 1839 in favour of Sarah Otway-Cave, who became the third Baroness Braye. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common She was the wife of Henry Otway and only daughter of Sir Thomas Cave, 6th Baronet, of Stanford, grandson of Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Baronet, of Stanford, and his wife the Hon. Margaret Verney, daughter of John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh, great-great-grandson of Hon. Elizabeth Verney, second daughter of the first Baron Braye, and her husband Sir Ralph Verney. In 1819 she assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Cave. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year
When she died in 1862 the barony fell into abeyance between her four daughters. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday In 1879 the abeyance was terminated in favour of the last surviving daughter, Henrietta, the fourth Baroness. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common She was the wife of Reverend Edgell Wyatt-Edgell. She was succeeded by her fourth but eldest surviving son, the fifth Baron. In 1880 he assumed by Royal license the surname of Verney-Cave in lieu of Wyatt-Edgell. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year As of 2008 the title is held by his great-granddaughter, the eighth Baroness, who succeeded her father in 1985. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) She is the wife of Edward Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, fourth son of Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet. Major Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher 6th Baronet CVO DSO ( 10 September 1887 &ndash 30 May 1969) was They have no children. Lady Braye is heir-general of the Verney family (see the Earl Verney). Earl Verney, in the Province of Leinster was a title in the Peerage of Ireland.
The family seat is Stanford Hall in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Lutterworth is a Market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. Leicestershire (ˈlɛstəʃə(r or ˈlɛstəʃɪə(r abbreviation Leics
The co-heirs are the present holder's cousins Linda Katherine Fothergill and her sister, Theresa Beatrice Browne. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They are granddaughters of the fifth Baron.