Barony of Braylock

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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.

Players associated with this peerage are Caro.