Griffin, John, 4th Baron Howard de Walden and 1st Baron Braybrooke (1719–1797), army officer and politician

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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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