British peer
The Lord Braybrooke
KStJ
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In office
12 February 1990 ? 5 June 2017
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Preceded by
| Henry Seymour Neville, 9th Baron Braybrooke
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Succeeded by
| Richard Neville, 11th Baron Braybrooke
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In office
12 February 1990 ? 5 June 2017
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Preceded by
| Henry Seymour Neville, 9th Baron Braybrooke
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Succeeded by
| Richard Neville, 11th Baron Braybrooke
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In office
3 August 1992 ? October 2000
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Preceded by
| Sir Andrew Lewis
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Succeeded by
| John Petre, 18th Baron Petre
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In office
1980?1992
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Born
| Robin Henry Charles Neville
29 January 1932
United Kingdom
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Died
| 5 June 2017 (aged 85)
Abbey House,
Saffron Walden
, United Kingdom
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Spouse(s)
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Robin Helen Brockhoff
(
m.
;
div.
1974)
Linda Norman
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m.
;
div.
1998)
Perina Courtauld
(
m.
1998; died 2017)
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Children
| Caroline Stanley, Countess of Derby
7 others
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Parent(s)
| Henry Seymour Neville, 9th Baron Braybrooke
Muriel Evelyn Manning
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Education
| Eton College
Royal Agricultural College
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Alma mater
| Magdalene College, Cambridge
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Profession
| Military officer
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Robin Henry Charles Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke
KStJ
[2]
[3]
(29 January 1932 ? 5 June 2017) was a British peer and military officer. He served as
Lord Lieutenant of Essex
from 1992 until 2000.
Biography
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Robin Henry Charles Neville was born on 29 January 1932 as the only son of Henry Seymour Neville, 9th Baron Braybrooke and Muriel Evelyn Manning.
[3]
When he was seven years old, during
World War II
, he was evacuated to
Llandovery
, Carmarthenshire in
South West Wales
and stayed at the home of a retired guard of the
Great Western Railway
. While staying in Llandovery he developed an interest in railways. He later had a miniature railway built at Audley End.
[4]
He was educated at
Eton College
and served in the
Rifle Brigade
. From 1951 to 1952 he served in the 3rd Battalion
King's African Rifles
in Kenya and
Malaya
. When he returned to England after his military service, he studied history at
Magdalene College
,
Cambridge
, graduating in 1955. He held honorary degrees from the
University of Essex
and
Anglia Ruskin University
.
[4]
Braybrooke had only a life interest in the Audley End Estate due to a will trust created by the 7th Baron. The current beneficiaries of Audley End Estate are (but not limited to) the heirs general of the only daughter of the 7th Baron.
[5]
A trained pilot, he operated a small airfield on the Audley End Estate called the Audley End International Aerodome.
Audley End House
was sold to
English Heritage
in 1948 by the trustees of the estate in tenure of the 9th Baron Braybrooke.
[4]
Lord Braybrooke became Deputy Lieutenant of Essex from 1980 to 1992.
Lord Braybrooke was married three times. In 1955 he married his first wife, Robin, with whom he had five daughters: Amanda Muriel May Neville,
Caroline Emma Neville
, Henrietta Jane Neville, Victoria Neville, and Arabella Neville. One of his daughters from his first marriage, Henrietta, died in a riding accident. He had three daughters with his second wife, Linda: Sara Lucy Neville, Emma Charlotte Neville, and Lucinda Octavia Neville. He married his third wife, Perina (nee Courtauld), in 1998.
[4]
He succeeded his father and became the 10th
Baron Braybrooke
in 1990. From 1992 to 2000 he served as
Lord Lieutenant of Essex
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He died on 5 June 2017 at Abbey House near
Saffron Walden
. A private funeral was held at the
Church of St Mary the Virgin
on 21 July 2017.
[4]
He was succeeded to the Barony by his fourth cousin once removed,
Richard Neville
.
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On his death the life interest in the 6,500 acre Audley End Estate transferred to
Louise Newman
, the granddaughter of the 7th Baron Braybrooke.
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His eldest daughter, Amanda, criticised
agnatic primogeniture
, which stops daughters from inheriting titles where the original
letters patent
specify that it may be inherited by males only.
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