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 10 BKABROOK.E. Griffin at Audley End,^) in Eases, and elsewhere, which were devised to him by the late Lord with the proviso that the owner thereof should bear the name of " Griffin " vnly. Accordingly he, by Royal Lie, 27 July 1797, took the name of Grifin for hiuiBclf and his successors in the Griffin estates. He was Lord- Lieut, and Vice Admiral of Essex, 1797 ; Provost Maishal of Jamaica ; High Stewart of Wokingham ; Recorder of Saffron Walden, See. He m. 19 June 1780, at Stowe, Bucks, Catharine, sister of George, 1st Marquess or Buckingham, 4th and yst. da. of the Rt. Hon. George Grenville, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Wynuham, Bart. She, who was b. 1761, d. 6 Nov. 1796, and was Mir. at Laurence Waltham, Berks. He d. at Billingbear, 28 Feb. 1825, and was bur. with her. Will pr. June 1825. III. 1825. 3. Richard (Griffin), Lord Braybrooke, &C. (for- merly Richard Aldworth-Neville), s. and h., b. 26 Sep. 1783 at Stanlake and bap. at Ruscombe; ed. at Eton and at Ch. Ch. Oxford ; a: D.C.L. 5 July 1810. M.P. for TWrek. 1S05-6 j for Saltash, 1807 ; for Buckingham. 1807-12 ; aud for Berks, 1812-10. He was well known as an author and Editor,(") F.S.A., High Steward for Wokingham, &c. He m. 13 May 1819, at St. James', Westm., Jane, 1st da. aud coheir of Charles (Cornwallis), 2nd Marquess Cornwallis, by Louisa, 4th da of Alexander (GordonI, 4th Duke op Gordon [S.] She, who was b. 5 Oct. 1798 at Culford, Suffolk, d. 23 Sep. 185C. He d, 13 March 1858, at Audley Eud.( c ) Both were bur. at Littlebury, Essex. IV. 1858. U. Richard Cornwallis (Neville), Loud Bray- brooke, &c.,( d ) 3rd but 1st surv. s. and h., b. 17 March 1820 in Charles street, St. Geo. Han. sq. ; ed. at Eton ; sometime an officer in the Army. He, also, was an author,(°) chiefly of antiquarian works ; F.S.A. He tn. 27 Jany. 1852 at St. Peter's, Eaton sq., Charlotte Sarah, da. of Hector John Graham (Ghaham-Toler), 2nd Earl or Norbury [I.] by Elizabeth, da. and b. of William Bkabazon of New Park, co. Mayo. He d. s.p.m. 21 Feb. 1861 at Audley End, and was bur. at Littlebury afsd. His widow, who was b. 26 Dec. 1826, m. 6 Nov. 1862 at All Saints, Upper Norwood, Surrey, Frederic Hkxlky of Upper Norwood, M.D. and F.R.C.S. She d. i Feb. 1867 aud was bur. at Norwood. V. 1861. 5. Charles Cornwallis (Neville), Lord Braybrooke, Baron of Braybrooke, br. and h. male, b. 29 Aug. 1823, at Billing- bear ; ed. at Mag. Col. Cambridge ; M.A. 1S45 ; Capt. 17th Essex Rifle Volunteers, 1860. He m. 9 Oct. 1849, at St. James', Westm., Florence Priscilla Alicia, 3rd da. of Cornwallis (Maude), 3rd Viscount HaW'arden [I.] by Jane Crawfurd, da. of Patrick Crawfurd Bruce, of Taplow Lodge, Bucks. Family estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 9,S20 acres in Essex (derived from the Lords Griffin of Braybrooke) and 3, £91 acres in Berks. Total 13,311 acres, valued at £18,173 a year. Principal Residences. — Audley End (in Saffron Walden) Essex, aud Billingbeare, near Wokingham, Berks. (•) In right of this ownership, he and his successors therein are Hereditary Visitors of Magdalen College, Cambridge. ( b ) "Pepys' diary" was edited by him with great care in 1825; " The history of Audley End and Saffron Walden " in 1835 ; "The life of Jane, Lady Cornwallis in 1842, ivc. ( c ) During the last four years of his life he lost no less than 14 of his nearest relations, viz., his wife, two of his sons (each slain in the Crimean war in Nov. 1854), bis br. the Dean of Windsor, hiB Bister Lady Glynn, &c, &c. ( a ) The name of Griffin was disused by him and his successors and that of "Neville" (not Aldworth, which was their patronymic), somewhat arbitrarily re- adopted. Considering that about three-fourths of their estates (including " Audley End," &c.) is derived by the will of the 1st Lord, who directed the retention of the name of Griffin, this seems a Bomewhat ungrateful proceeding. (°) A list of his works is in the "Annual Reg." 1861, p. 406.