BROOKE — BROUGHAM . 35 Barony. XI. Baroness Monson, da. of John (Savile), 2nd Earl op Mexborouqh [1.], by Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Stephenson. She, who was b. 4 Feb. 1780, d, 30 Jan. 1851 in Carlton Gardens, Midx. Will pr. April 1851. He d. 10 Aug. 1853 at Warwick Castle, aged 71. Will pr. Nov. 1853. Earldom. ] 4> George Guy (Greville), Earl Brooke of Warwick Castle [1746], Earl of Warwick [1750] and IV. Baron Brooke of Beadchamps Court [1621], only s. and 1853. h., b. 28 March 1818 in Charles street and bap. at St. Geo. Han. sq. Matric. at Oxford (St. John's Coll.) 14 Sep. 1837; cr. M.A. 12 June 1839. M.P. for South Warwickshire, 1S45-53 ; High Sheriff for co. Cambridge and Hunts., 1840 ; Lieut. Col. Com. Warwickshire Yeomanry, 1818 ; Hon. Col. 1880 ; Aide-de-camp to the Queen, 1878. He m. 18 Feb. 1852, at St. Geo. Han. sq. Anne, da. of Francis (Wemyss-Chartkris-Douglas), Earl of We.myss, [S.] by Louisa, da. of Richard (Bingham), 2nd Earl op Lucan [I.] She was 6. 29 July 1829. [Fraxcis Richard Charles Guy Greville, styled Lord Brooke, s. and'h. ap., b. 9 Feb. 1853 in Carlton Gardens. Ed. at Ch. Ch. Oxford. M.P. for East Somerset, 1879-85. He m. 30 April 1881, in Westm. Abbey, Frances Evelyn, 1st da. and coheir of Col. the Hon. Charles Henry Maynard (only s. and h. ap. of Henry, 3rd and last Viscount Maynard) by his second wife, Blanche Adeliza, da. of Henry Fit* Roy. She, who was 4. 10 Dec. 1861, sue. her grandfather, Viscount Maynard, 19 May 1865, in most of the estates of that family. Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 8,262 acres in co. Warwick, and of 1,S 10 in Somerset. Total, 10,1 02 acres, valued at £18,336 a year. Principal Resi- dence. — The Castle, Warwick. The estates of the Maynard family, belonging to Lady Brooke, consisted, in 1883, of 8,617 acres in Essex : 4,111 in co. Leicester ; 802 in co. Northampton, besides eight in Cambridgeshire, and six in Midx. Total, 13,844 acres, valued at £20,001 a year. Principal Residence.— Easton Lodge, near Dunmow, Essex. BROOKFIELD. See " Burdett-Coutts of Highgate and Brookfield, co. Midx f Barony ; cr. 1871. BROUGHAM AND VAUX OF BROUGHAM. BROUGHAM AND VAUX OF BROUGHAM AND OF HIGH- HEAD CASTLE. Barony. |, The Rt. Hon. Henry Brougham, Chancellor of T 1030 England, was on 22 Nov. 1830, cr. BARON BROUGHAM AND t0 ' VAUX(«) OK BROUGHAM, co. Westmorland. He was eldest s. of q opo Henry Brougham of Brougham Hall,( b ) by Eleanor, only child of Rev. James Syme, Minister of Alloa, co. Perth, by Mary, sister of William Robertson, D.D., the well-known historian. He was b. 19 Sep. 177S I. 18G0. at the Cowgate, Edinburgh. He was ed. at the High School, and at the Univ. of that city ; Advocate (Edinburgh) 1800 ; Barrister (Line. Inn), 1808. Having been since 1811, the adviser of Caroline, ( a ) "He claimed to be descended from the Dc Burghams the ancient Lords of Brougham Castle and from the Barons of Vaulx, [but] his pedigree cannot be traced with certainty beyond Henry Brougham, described in 16fio as of Scales Hall, Cumber- land, Gent., whose eldest son, John, in 1726, purchased a portion of the manor of Brougham, Westmorelaud." See Stephen's " Nat. Biogr." Lord Brougham's grand- father, Henry, was a yr. br. of this John B. and sue. to his estate at his death, s.p.,inl756. ( b ) Brougham Sail (not to be confounded with the historic and grand old ruin of Brougham Castle), was formerly called " The Bird's Nest " from having belonged to a family named " Bird," and was claimed by a member of that family, but the verdict at the Appleby Assizes, 12 Sep. 1843, was against him. D 3
