Barony of Braylock: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
The heir apparent is the current Barons's son, [[Richard Geoffrey Westfall]]. | The heir apparent is the current Barons's son, [[Richard Geoffrey Westfall]]. | ||
[[Category:Peerages]] | |||
Revision as of 12:41, 17 October 2016
| Barony of Braylock | |
| Creation Date | 1788 |
|---|---|
| Created by | George III |
| Peerage | England |
| First Holder | John Westfall |
| Current Holder | Richard Westfall |
| Heir Apparent | Richard Geoffrey Westfall |
| Subsidiary Titles | |
| Country Seat | Avon End House |
| Associated County | Northampton, Essex |
Lord Braylock, Baron of Braylock, in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1788 for John Westfall.
History
On the death, in May 1797, of his father's maternal uncle John Westfall, 1st Baron of Baybrook, by whom he had been adopted as heir, Richard Westfall succeeded to the Braylock barony. He also inherited the family seat of Avon End House in Essex, to add to his own at Badalbane House in Berkshire. Lord Braybrooke was the husband of Cecilia Westfall, daughter of Roland Moncrieff, 4th Marquess of Avening.
Barons Bayblock (1788)
- John Westfall, 1st Baron Braybrooke (1719–1797)
- Richard Westfall, 2nd Baron Braybrooke (*1750)
The heir apparent is the current Barons's son, Richard Geoffrey Westfall.