Richard Aldworth aka Neville aka Griffin 1717-1793

In 1714 [his father] Richard Aldworth of Stanlake and [his mother] Catherine Neville [aged 32] were married.

On 3rd September 1717 Richard Aldworth aka Neville aka Griffin was born to Richard Aldworth of Stanlake and Catherine Neville [aged 35].

Around 1718 [his mother] Catherine Neville [aged 36] died.

In 1748 Richard Aldworth aka Neville aka Griffin [aged 30] and Magdalen Calandrini were married.

On 3rd July 1750 [his son] Richard Griffin 2nd Baron Braybrook was born to Richard Aldworth aka Neville aka Griffin [aged 32] and [his wife] Magdalen Calandrini at Duke Street. He married 19th June 1780 Catherine Granville and had issue.

In August 1762 Richard Aldworth aka Neville aka Griffin [aged 44] assumed the surname Griffin when he inherited Billingbear House, Waltham St Lawrence on the death Elizabeth Griffin Countess Portsmouth [aged 70], widow of his maternal uncle Henry Neville aka Grey.

On 19th June 1780 [his son] Richard Griffin 2nd Baron Braybrook [aged 29] and [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Granville [aged 19] were married.

The London Gazette 13020. Whitehall, August 30 [1788]. THE King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable John Griffin [aged 69], Lord Howard of Walden, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and General of His Majesty's Forces, and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Lord Braybrooke, Baron of Braybrooke, in the County of Northampton; with Remainder to Richard Aldworth Neville [aged 70], of Billingbear, in the County of Berks, Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten.

The King has also been pleased to grant the like Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable Jeffery Lord Amherst [aged 71], Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and General of His Majesty's Forces, and to the Heirs Male of His Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of 1st Baron Amherst, of Montreal in the County of Kent; with Remainder to his Nephew William Pitt Amherst [aged 15], Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten. [Note. This was the second time Jeffrey Amherst had been created Baron Amherst. The first creation had no special remainder and would become extinct on his death since he had no children. This second creation had a special remainder to his nephew William Pitt Amherst to ensure the Barony would continue; William Pitt Amherst would subsequently be created Earl Amherst. Mary Cary Baroness Amherst by marriage Baroness Amherst of Montreal in Kent.]

On 17th July 1793 Richard Aldworth aka Neville aka Griffin [aged 75] died at Billinghbear House. He is buried nearby at Ruscombe with a monument sculpted by John Flaxman [aged 38].

On 25th May 1797 John Whitwell aka Griffin 4th Baron Howard Walden 1st Baron Braybrooke [aged 78] died without issue at his home Audley End House [Map]. Baron Howard de Walden abeyant. His tenth cousin [his son] Richard [aged 46] succeeded 2nd Baron Braybrooke of Braybrooke in Northamptonshire; John Whitwell aka Griffin 4th Baron Howard Walden 1st Baron Braybrooke was his father's maternal-uncle.