Cave-Browne-Cave Baronets
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The Cave, later Cave-Browne, later Cave-Browne-Cave Baronetcy, of Stanford in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 30 June 1641 for Thomas Cave, a Royalist
who fought in the English Civil War
. Granted lands in South and North Cave
in Yorkshire by William the Conqueror, by the fifteenth century the Caves had moved to Stanford on the boundary of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire to become "a wealthy and powerful clan, foremost among the new men of the age, the nouveaux riches, the shrewd, rapacious, grasping gentry raised up by the Tudor dynasty". Sir Thomas's aunt Eleanor was married to the diplomat Sir Thomas Roe
; his great-grandmother, Margaret, was the sister of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
, Queen Elizabeth I's Lord High Treasurer; and her husband Roger's uncle Sir Ambrose Cave
was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
under Elizabeth.
Sir Thomas Cave's son, the second Baronet, was Member of Parliament
for Coventry
. His son, the third Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Leicestershire
. He married the Hon. Margaret, daughter of John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh
, and a descendant of Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye
. Their elder son, the fourth Baronet, died unmarried in 1734 and the baronetcy devolved on his younger brother, who also sat as Member of Parliament for Leicestershire. His elder son, the sixth Baronet, was a Fellow of the Royal Society
and High Sheriff
of Leicestershire
. His son, the seventh Baronet, sat briefly as Member of Parliament for Leicestershire but died childless at an early age. His sister Sarah Otway, the sixth Baronet's only daughter, then inherited the family seat of Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, and in 1839 became the third Baroness Braye when the abeyance
of the barony of Braye
was terminated in her favour (see the Baron Braye for further history of this branch of the family). The seventh Baronet was succeeded by his uncle, the eighth Baronet. He was a clergyman. He was unmarried and on his death in 1810 the line of the third Baronet failed.
The late Baronet was succeeded by his second cousin, William Cave-Browne, the ninth Baronet. He was the son of John Cave-Browne (who in 1752 had assumed the additional surname of Browne by Act of Parliament), son of Roger Cave, eldest son of the second marriage of the second Baronet, by his wife Catherine, daughter of William Browne of Stretton en le Field
in Derbyshire. In 1839 the ninth Baronet's assumption of the additional surname of Cave was confirmed by royal licence. He was succeeded by his son, the tenth Baronet. He was High Sheriff
of Derbyshire
in 1844. His son, the eleventh Baronet, was a Deputy Lieutenant
and Justice of the Peace
for Derbyshire. He was succeeded by his second but only surviving son, the twelfth Baronet. He was initially a soldier and fought in the Boxer Rebellion
and First World War, but was later ordained. He died childless and was succeeded by his first cousin, the eldest son of the thirteen children of Ambrose Syned Cave-Browne-Cave, younger son of the tenth Baronet. A Captain
in the Royal Navy
who had served at the bombardment of Alexandria
in 1882, the thirteenth Baronet was childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourteenth Baronet. He died in 1943 without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his nephew, the fifteenth Baronet. He was the son of Edward Lambert Cave-Browne-Cave, younger son of the aforementioned Ambrose Syned Cave-Browne-Cave. As of 2011 the title is held by the fifteenth Baronet's grandson, the seventeenth Baronet, who succeeded his father, the sixteenth Baronet, upon the latter's death in September of this year.
Several other members of the family may also be mentioned. Edward Raban Cave-Brown (1835-1907),son of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Cave-Browne, younger brother of the ninth Baronet, was Accountant-General in the India Office
from 1893 to 1901 and his son William Cave-Browne(1884-1967) was a Major-General in the Royal Engineers
; his grandson John Raban Cave-Browne (1917–1989) was a Brigadier
in the Royal Engineers. Sir Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave (1835–1924), third son of Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave, third son of the ninth Baronet, was Deputy Accountant-General of the Army from 1897 to 1900 and a Commissioner of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1899 to 1923. His daughters Frances Cave-Browne-Cave
and Beatrice Mabel Cave-Browne-Cave
, were mathematicians; his older son, Thomas Reginald Cave-Browne-Cave (1885–1969), was Professor of Engineering at University College, Southampton
, from 1931 to 1950 and Director of Camouflage at the Ministry of Home Security from 1941 to 1945; and his younger son, Henry Meyrick Cave-Browne-Cave
, was an Air Vice-Marshal
in the Royal Air Force
. Paul Cave (Paul Astley Cave-Browne-Cave) (1917-2010), a great-grandson of the Rev. William Astley Cave-Browne-Cave, the second son of the ninth Baronet, published and edited Hampshire, The County Magazine http://www.hampshiremagazine.com/ for over four decades until 2007. A former Fleet Street journalist with the News Chronicle
and the Daily Mirror, he was also a theatrical agent who managed the singer Frankie Vaughan
for some years http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8372548.Ex_newsman_was_a_friend_to_the_stars/. Phebe Hyacinth Cave-Browne-Cave (1901-80), MBE
, the only child of the fourteenth Baronet, was a Church Mission Society
missionary in northern Uganda for over half a century until her death.
Cavalier
Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...
who fought in the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
. Granted lands in South and North Cave
North Cave
North Cave is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the west of Hull city centre on the B1230 road. South Cave is approximately to the south east....
in Yorkshire by William the Conqueror, by the fifteenth century the Caves had moved to Stanford on the boundary of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire to become "a wealthy and powerful clan, foremost among the new men of the age, the nouveaux riches, the shrewd, rapacious, grasping gentry raised up by the Tudor dynasty". Sir Thomas's aunt Eleanor was married to the diplomat Sir Thomas Roe
Thomas Roe
Sir Thomas Roe was an English diplomat of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. Roe was an accomplished scholar and a patron of learning.-Life:...
; his great-grandmother, Margaret, was the sister of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , KG was an English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572...
, Queen Elizabeth I's Lord High Treasurer; and her husband Roger's uncle Sir Ambrose Cave
Ambrose Cave
-Life:He was the son of Richard Cave and Margaret Saxby of Stanford, Northamptonshire and was educated at Cambridge University. He was knighted by 1525....
was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom that includes as part of its duties, the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster...
under Elizabeth.
Sir Thomas Cave's son, the second Baronet, was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Coventry
Coventry (UK Parliament constituency)
Coventry was a borough constituency which was represented in the House of Commons of England and its successors, the House of Commons of Great Britain and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom....
. His son, the third Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Leicestershire
Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
Leicestershire was a county constituency in Leicestershire, represented in the House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament , traditionally called Knights of the Shire, by the bloc vote system of election, to the Parliament of England until 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from...
. He married the Hon. Margaret, daughter of John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh
John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh
John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh , known as Sir John Verney, 2nd Baronet between 1696 and 1703, was an English peer, merchant and Tory politician.-Background:...
, and a descendant of Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye
Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye
Edmund Braye , 1st Baron Braye , was an English peer.Edmund Braye was the son of John Braye of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire and the older brother of Sir Edward Braye....
. Their elder son, the fourth Baronet, died unmarried in 1734 and the baronetcy devolved on his younger brother, who also sat as Member of Parliament for Leicestershire. His elder son, the sixth Baronet, was a Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
and High Sheriff
High Sheriff
A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...
of Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
. His son, the seventh Baronet, sat briefly as Member of Parliament for Leicestershire but died childless at an early age. His sister Sarah Otway, the sixth Baronet's only daughter, then inherited the family seat of Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, and in 1839 became the third Baroness Braye when the abeyance
Abeyance
Abeyance is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. In law, the term abeyance can only be applied to such future estates as have not yet vested or possibly...
of the barony of Braye
Baron Braye
Baron Braye, of Eaton Bray in the County of Bedford, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1529 for Sir Edmund Braye. The barony was created by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He died from...
was terminated in her favour (see the Baron Braye for further history of this branch of the family). The seventh Baronet was succeeded by his uncle, the eighth Baronet. He was a clergyman. He was unmarried and on his death in 1810 the line of the third Baronet failed.
The late Baronet was succeeded by his second cousin, William Cave-Browne, the ninth Baronet. He was the son of John Cave-Browne (who in 1752 had assumed the additional surname of Browne by Act of Parliament), son of Roger Cave, eldest son of the second marriage of the second Baronet, by his wife Catherine, daughter of William Browne of Stretton en le Field
Stretton en le Field
Stretton en le Field is a civil parish and hamlet in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. It is about seven miles south-west of Ashby de la Zouch, and according to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 36....
in Derbyshire. In 1839 the ninth Baronet's assumption of the additional surname of Cave was confirmed by royal licence. He was succeeded by his son, the tenth Baronet. He was High Sheriff
High Sheriff
A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...
of Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
in 1844. His son, the eleventh Baronet, was a Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
and Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
for Derbyshire. He was succeeded by his second but only surviving son, the twelfth Baronet. He was initially a soldier and fought in the Boxer Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, also called the Boxer Uprising by some historians or the Righteous Harmony Society Movement in northern China, was a proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" , or "Righteous Fists of Harmony" or "Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists" , in China between...
and First World War, but was later ordained. He died childless and was succeeded by his first cousin, the eldest son of the thirteen children of Ambrose Syned Cave-Browne-Cave, younger son of the tenth Baronet. A Captain
Captain (naval)
Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
in the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
who had served at the bombardment of Alexandria
Alexandria
Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...
in 1882, the thirteenth Baronet was childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourteenth Baronet. He died in 1943 without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his nephew, the fifteenth Baronet. He was the son of Edward Lambert Cave-Browne-Cave, younger son of the aforementioned Ambrose Syned Cave-Browne-Cave. As of 2011 the title is held by the fifteenth Baronet's grandson, the seventeenth Baronet, who succeeded his father, the sixteenth Baronet, upon the latter's death in September of this year.
Several other members of the family may also be mentioned. Edward Raban Cave-Brown (1835-1907),son of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Cave-Browne, younger brother of the ninth Baronet, was Accountant-General in the India Office
India Office
The India Office was a British government department created in 1858 to oversee the colonial administration of India, i.e. the modern-day nations of Bangladesh, Burma, India, and Pakistan, as well as territories in South-east and Central Asia, the Middle East, and parts of the east coast of Africa...
from 1893 to 1901 and his son William Cave-Browne(1884-1967) was a Major-General in the Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....
; his grandson John Raban Cave-Browne (1917–1989) was a Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier is a senior military rank, the meaning of which is somewhat different in different military services. The brigadier rank is generally superior to the rank of colonel, and subordinate to major general....
in the Royal Engineers. Sir Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave (1835–1924), third son of Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave, third son of the ninth Baronet, was Deputy Accountant-General of the Army from 1897 to 1900 and a Commissioner of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1899 to 1923. His daughters Frances Cave-Browne-Cave
Frances Cave-Browne-Cave
Frances Evelyn Cave-Browne-Cave , English mathematician.Frances Cave-Browne-Cave was the daughter of Sir Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave and Blanche Matilda Mary Ann Milton. She was the sister of Henry Cave-Browne-Cave, the Royal Air Force officer...
and Beatrice Mabel Cave-Browne-Cave
Beatrice Mabel Cave-Browne-Cave
Beatrice Mabel Cave-Browne-Cave was an English mathematician who undertook pioneering work in the mathematics of aeronautics.- Birth and education :...
, were mathematicians; his older son, Thomas Reginald Cave-Browne-Cave (1885–1969), was Professor of Engineering at University College, Southampton
University of Southampton
The University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed...
, from 1931 to 1950 and Director of Camouflage at the Ministry of Home Security from 1941 to 1945; and his younger son, Henry Meyrick Cave-Browne-Cave
Henry Cave-Browne-Cave
Air Vice Marshal Henry Meyrick Cave-Browne-Cave CB, DSO, DFC, RAF was an engineering officer in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I and senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the 1930s....
, was an Air Vice-Marshal
Air Vice-Marshal
Air vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...
in the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
. Paul Cave (Paul Astley Cave-Browne-Cave) (1917-2010), a great-grandson of the Rev. William Astley Cave-Browne-Cave, the second son of the ninth Baronet, published and edited Hampshire, The County Magazine http://www.hampshiremagazine.com/ for over four decades until 2007. A former Fleet Street journalist with the News Chronicle
News Chronicle
The News Chronicle was a British daily newspaper. It ceased publication on 17 October 1960, being absorbed into the Daily Mail. Its offices were in Bouverie Street, off Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8DP, England.-Daily Chronicle:...
and the Daily Mirror, he was also a theatrical agent who managed the singer Frankie Vaughan
Frankie Vaughan
Frankie Vaughan, CBE, DL was an English singer of traditional pop music, who issued more than 80 recordings in his lifetime. He was known as "Mr. Moonlight" after one of his early hits.-Life and career:...
for some years http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8372548.Ex_newsman_was_a_friend_to_the_stars/. Phebe Hyacinth Cave-Browne-Cave (1901-80), MBE
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
, the only child of the fourteenth Baronet, was a Church Mission Society
Church Mission Society
The Church Mission Society, also known as the Church Missionary Society, is a group of evangelistic societies working with the Anglican Communion and Protestant Christians around the world...
missionary in northern Uganda for over half a century until her death.
Cave, later Cave-Browne, later Cave-Browne-Cave Baronets, of Stanford (1641)
- Sir Thomas Cave, 1st Baronet (c. 1622–c.1671)
- Sir Roger Cave, 2nd BaronetSir Roger Cave, 2nd BaronetSir Roger Cave, 2nd Baronet was an English politician and baronet.-Life:Roger Cave was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Cave, 1st Baronet and his second wife Hon. Penelope Wenman, daughter of Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount Wenman. In 1671, he succeeded his father as baronet. He was educated at Christ's...
(1655–1703) - Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd BaronetSir Thomas Cave, 3rd BaronetSir Thomas Cave, 3rd Baronet DL was a British Tory politician and baronet.He was the oldest son of Sir Roger Cave, 2nd Baronet and his first wife Martha Browne, daughter of John Browne. In 1703, he succeeded his father as baronet. Cave was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford...
(1681–1719) - Sir Verney Cave, 4th Baronet (1705–1734)
- Sir Thomas Cave, 5th BaronetSir Thomas Cave, 5th BaronetSir Thomas Cave, 5th Baronet was a British politician and lawyer.-Background:Baptised at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Covent Garden, he was the second son of Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Baronet and his wife Hon. Margaret Verney, daughter of John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh. Cave was educated at...
(1712–1778) - Sir Thomas Cave, 6th Baronet (1737–1780)
- Sir Thomas Cave, 7th BaronetSir Thomas Cave, 7th BaronetSir Thomas Cave, 7th Baronet was a British politician.The son of Sir Thomas Cave, 6th Baronet and Sarah Edwards, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1780. Cave was educated at the Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1785. From 1790 and 1792, he was Member of Parliament for...
(1766–1792) - Sir Charles Cave, 8th Baronet (c. 1747–1810)
- Sir William Cave-Browne-Cave, 9th Baronet (1765–1838)
- Sir John Robert Cave-Browne-Cave, 10th Baronet (1798–1855)
- Sir Mylles Cave-Browne-Cave, 11th Baronet (1822–1907)
- Sir Genille Cave-Browne-Cave, 12th BaronetSir Genille Cave-Browne-Cave, 12th BaronetSir Genille Cave-Browne-Cave was a bartender and a cowboy as well as the twelfth baronet.-Biography:He was the second son of Sir Mylles Cave-Browne-Cave, 11th Baronet . Genille's older brother died in 1880, making himself the successor to the title...
(1869–1929) was a bartender and a cowboy in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... - Sir Reginald Ambrose Cave-Browne-Cave, 13th Baronet (1860–1930)
- Sir Rowland Henry Cave-Browne-Cave, 14th Baronet (1865–1943)
- Sir Clement Charles Cave-Browne-Cave, 15th Baronet (1896–1945)
- Sir Robert Cave-Browne-Cave, 16th Baronet (1929–2011)
- Sir John Robert Charles Cave-Browne-Cave, 17th Baronet (b. 1957)