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Griffin, John, 4th Baron Howard de Walden and 1st Baron Braybrooke (1719–1797), army officer and politician
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- 1st Lord Braybrooke, KB, MP
- Lord Howard de Walden
- John Whitwell
- Field-Marshal Sir John Griffin (Whitwell), 1st Baron Braybrooke, KB, MP
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1719 - 1797
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Educated at Winchester College, 1734-1736. Captain in the Foot Guards, 1744. Distinguished service in Seven Years War. Made a General in 1778 and Field-Marshal in 1796.
Was MP for Andover between 1749 and 1784.
Awarded KB in 1761.
Served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex, 1784 - 1797.
Died without issue, so the Barony was devolved on Richard Neville.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography