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Braintree, Baron (UK, 1948 - 1961)

Creation: let.pat. 9 Feb 1848

Extinct: 21 May 1961

Family name: Crittall

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Arms:

Argent fretty Sable on a Chief Gules two Fleur-de-lis Argent

Crest:

Within a Mascle Sable a Sun-in-splendour Or

Supporters:

Dexter: A Blacksmith holding in the exterior hand a Hammer;  Sinister: A Glazier holding in the exterior hand a File, all proper

Motto:

 Why not?

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Valentine George [Crittall], 1st Baron Braintree

1st son and heir of Francis Henry Crittall JP, of Manors, Silver End, Witham, co. Essex, by his wife Ellen Laura Carter, dau. of George Carter, of Birmingham

born

28 Jun 1884

mar. (1)

28 Jun 1915 Olive Lillian MacDermott (d. 1932), dau. of Charles Landay MacDermott, of Comber, Ontario, Canada

children by first wife

1. Hon Valentine Ellen MacDermott Crittall (b. 10 Aug 1918), mar. 7 Sep 1939 Karl Stewart Richardson, of Hungry Hall, Witham, co. Essex, son of Charles Stewart Richardson, of Witham, co. Essex, and had issue

2. Hon Jane Olive Crittall (b. 16 Mar 1921), mar. 10 Sep 1947 Timothy Anthony Inglis Hall, of 6 Windsor Terrace, Clifton, Bristol, son of Thomas Storey Inglis Hall, of Windermere, co. Westmorland, and had issue

3. Hon Mary Frances Crittall (b. 30 Dec 1922), mar. 21 Jul 1950 Germano Luigi Facetti, of 51 Gloucester Avenue, London NW1, son of Mario Giovanni Facetti, of Milan, Italy, and had issue

mar. (2)

1933 Lydia Mabel Keed (widow of Frank C R Keed, of Hankow, China; d. 1947), dau. of Julian John Revy

mar. (3)

1955 Phyllis Dorothy Parker (widow of George Henry Nelson Parker), dau. of Curtis Cloutman, of Bristol

died

s.p.m. 21 May 1961

created

9 Feb 1948 Baron Braintree, of Braintree in the County of Essex

note

Chairman, Crittall Manufacturing Co Ltd; Member of Parliament for Maldon 1923-24; Parliamentary Private Secretary for Air 1924; knighted 1930; a Director of the Bank of England 1948-55

On the death of the 1st Baron Braintree the Barony of Braintree became extinct.

 First written 1 Aug 2006

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