Robin Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke

Robin Henry Charles Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke KStJ[1][2] (29 January 1932 – 5 June 2017) was a British peer and military officer. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1992 until 2000.

The Right Honourable The Lord Braybrooke KStJ
Lord Lieutenant of Essex
In office 3 August 1992 – October 2000
Preceded by	Sir Andrew Lewis
Succeeded by	John Petre, 18th Baron Petre
10th Baron Braybrooke
In office 12 February 1990 – 5 June 2017
Preceded by	Henry Seymour Neville, 9th Baron Braybrooke
Succeeded by	Richard Neville, 11th Baron Braybrooke
Deputy Lieutenant of Essex
In office 1980–1992
Personal details
Born	Robin Henry Charles Neville 29 January 1932 United Kingdom
Died	5 June 2017 (aged 85) Abbey House, Saffron Walden, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Robin Helen Brockhoff ​ ( m. 2020; div. 1974) Linda Norman ​ ( m. 1974; div. 1998) Perina Courtauld ​ ( m. 1998; died 2017)
Children	Caroline Stanley, Countess of Derby 7 others
Parents	Henry Seymour Neville, 9th Baron Braybrooke Muriel Evelyn Manning
Education	Eton College Royal Agricultural College
Alma mater	Magdalene College, Cambridge
Profession	Military officer

Biography

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[3]

A trained pilot, he operated a small airfield on his estate called the Audley End International Aerodome. Although the House of Neville owns the Audley End estate, Audley End House was sold to English Heritage in 1948 by Lord Braybrooke's father, the 9th Baron Braybrooke.[3] Robin 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, in 1998.[3]

He succeeded his father and became the 10th Baron Braybrooke in 1990. From 1992 to 2000 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex.

He died on 5 June 2017 at Abbey House, near Audley End House, in Saffron Walden. A private funeral was held at the Church of St Mary the Virgin on 21 July 2017.[3] He was succeeded to the Barony by his fifth cousin, Richard Neville.[4] His 6,000 acre estate went to Louise Newmann, due to a ruling in the will of the 7th Baron Braybrooke.[5] His eldest daughter, Amanda, criticised primogeniture, which forbid daughters from inheriting titles and estates from their fathers.[6][7]

References

1. "Braybrooke, Baron (GB, 1788)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
2. "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
3. Singer, Angela. "Lord Braybrooke of the Audley End Estate dies aged 85". Dunmow Broadcast.
4. "Lord Braybrooke". The Times. 10 June 2017.
5. "Baron's daughter fails to inherit family estate thanks to "discriminatory" law". vardags.com.
6. Rudgard, Olivia (11 June 2017). "Downton Abbey writer hits out at inheritance laws after baron's daughter loses right to title and land". The Daily Telegraph.
7. Keay, Lara (12 June 2017). "Aristocrat's daughter loses £60million inheritance due to historic law". Daily Express.

Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Andrew Lewis	Lord Lieutenant of Essex 1992–2002	Succeeded by The Lord Petre
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Henry Neville	Baron Braybrooke 1990–2017	Succeeded by Richard Neville