Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath
Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath, (31 July 1841 – 11 October 1929) was an Irish politician and philanthropist.
The Honourable Reginald Brabazon was born into an old Anglo-Irish family in London, the second son of William Brabazon, 11th Earl of Meath and Harriot Brooke.
When his father succeeded to the Earldom in 1851, Reginald, now the heir (his elder brother, Jacques, died of diphtheria in 1844), was styled Lord Brabazon.
He was educated at Eton College and in 1863 joined the Foreign Office as a clerk, and later became a diplomat.
In 1868 he married Lady Mary Jane Maitland, daughter of the 11th Earl of Lauderdale.
On the insistence of his in-laws, Brabazon refused to accept a posting to Athens (which they considered too remote) in 1873 and was effectively suspended without pay, finally resigning from the Diplomatic Service in 1877.
He and his wife decided to devote their considerable energies to "the consideration of social problems and the relief of human suffering".
Both were subsequently involved in many charitable organisations.
The Earl and his wife leased Ottershaw Park from 1882 to November 1883 from Sir Edward Colebrooke.
In May 1887, Brabazon succeeded his father as 12th Earl of Meath.
Lord Meath was also a prominent Conservative politician in the House of Lords as Baron Chaworth, and an ardent imperialist, and was responsible for the introduction in England of Empire Day, which was officially recognised by the British Government in 1916.
He was a member of the London County Council, the Privy Council of Ireland and the Senate of Southern Ireland.
He was also Chief Scout Commissioner for Ireland.
Lord Meath was appointed Knight of the Order of St Patrick (KP) in 1902, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours, and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in the 1923 Birthday Honours.
His younger daughter, Lady Violet Constance Maitland Brabazon (1886–1936), married the 4th Earl of Verulam.
There is a statue in his honour outside the Columbia Hotel near Lancaster Gate, in London.
Recordings of his voice exist made in October 1910, in the form of three speeches on the Empire Movement.
Lord Meath is buried in the graveyard of the Church of Ireland parish church in the small village of Delgany, County Wicklow, Ireland, along with his wife and son.
There are some streets and squares in The Coombe, Dublin, named in his honour: Reginald Street, Reginald Square and Brabazon Square.
John Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath
John Chambre Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath KP PC( I)( 9 April 1772 – 15 March 1851) was an Anglo- Irish peer.
He was the third son of Anthony Brabazon, 8th Earl of Meath and Grace Leigh.
He became Earl of Meath in 1797 after the death of his brother William Brabazon, 9th Earl of Meath, who was killed in a duel with a Mr. Gore.
He became Custos Rotulorum of County Wicklow from 1797 to 1851 and, from 1831 to 1851, Lord Lieutenant of County Dublin.
On 10 September 1831, by reason of his descent from the last Viscount Chaworth, he was created Baron Chaworth in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, giving him the automatic right to a seat in the British House of Lords.
He was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 24 November 1831 and was invested as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1833.
He married Lady Melosina Adelaide Meade, daughter of John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam and Theodosia Hawkins- Magill, and had six children, including William, who succeeded to the title.
Reginald Brabazon, 13th Earl of Meath
Brigadier-General Reginald Le Normand Brabazon, 13th Earl of Meath CBE, DL (24 November 1869 – 10 March 1949), known as Lord Ardee from 1887 to 1929, was an Anglo-Irish soldier.
Brabazon was the eldest son of Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath and Lady Mary Jane Maitland.
He married Lady Aileen May Wyndham-Quin, daughter of Wyndham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Florence Elizabeth Kerr, on 12 February 1908 at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks.
Educated at Wellington College
he was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards in 1889.
He served in the Second Boer War from 1899–1902 and was decorated with the Queens Medal, three clasps, and the King's Medal, two clasps.
It was during this period that he conceived of his version of a water clock.
He served again in the First World War, and was gassed in 1918 while commanding 4th Guards Brigade.
At the conclusion of his service, he had attained the rank of Brigadier General.
His other vocation was gardening, and indeed the gardens at Killruddery House the family estate now figure more highly in tourist books than the house itself.
He was made a CBE in 1919 and died on 10 March 1949 aged 79 at Killruddery.
Edward Brabazon, 7th Earl of Meath
Edward Brabazon, 7th Earl of Meath( c. 1691 – 24 November 1772) was an Anglo- Irish peer.
The second surviving son of Chambre Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath and Juliana Chaworth, he sat for Dublin County from 1715, when his elder brother was called up to the Irish House of Lords, to 1758.
In 1763, he succeeded his brother as Earl of Meath.
Around 1720, he married Martha( d. 24 April 1762), daughter of Rev. William Collins.
Upon his death in 1772, he was succeeded by his son Anthony.
William Brabazon, 11th Earl of Meath
William Brabazon, 11th Earl of Meath( 1803 – 26 May 1887) was an Irish Peer and MP.
He was the eldest surviving son of John Chambre Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath and Lady Melosina Adelaide Meade, daughter of John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam and Theodosia Hawkins- Magill He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
He was known as Lord Brabazon between 1826 and 1851, after which he succeeded his father as the 11th Earl of Meath and 2nd Baronet Chaworth.
He was elected MP for County Dublin in 1830 – 1832 and 1837– 1841 and appointed a Privy Councillor in 1839.
He was appointed High Sheriff of County Dublin for 1835 – 36 and High Sheriff of Wicklow for 1848 – 49 and Lord Lieutenant and custos rotulorum of County Wicklow from 1869 until his death in 1887.
He was Colonel of the County Dublin militia from 1847 to 1881 and Hon. Colonel of the 5th battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
He was an aide- de- camp to Queen Victoria.
He married in 1837 Harriot, the daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Baronet, of Norton Priory, Cheshire and Harriot Cuniffe, with whom he had two sons, Jacques, who died young, and Reginald, and a daughter Kathleen, who died unmarried.
The family lived at what is still the seat of the Earls of Meath in Bray, County Wicklow, Kilruddery House.
On his death in 1887 he was succeeded by his surviving son Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath, a career diplomat.
Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke
Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery( 9 January 1906 – 16 March 1969) was a British peer.
William Brabazon, 9th Earl of Meath
William Brabazon, 9th Earl of Meath( 6 July 1769 – 26 May 1797), styled Lord Brabazon from 1779 to 1790, was an Anglo- Irish peer.
The second son of Anthony Brabazon, 8th Earl of Meath and Grace Leigh, he became the heir apparent after the death of his elder brother Chaworth in 1779.
He sat for Dublin County from 1789 until he succeeded his father in the peerage in 1790.
He was never married.
Upon dying in a duel with one Mr. Gore on 26 May 1797, he was succeeded by his brother John Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath.
Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel
Saint Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel( 28 June 155719 October 1595) was an English nobleman.
He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
He is variously numbered as 1st, 20th or 13th Earl of Arundel.
William FitzGerald, 13th Earl of Kildare
William FitzGerald, 13th Earl of Kildare(" c." 1563 – March 1599) was an Irish nobleman.
Henry Finch-Hatton, 13th Earl of Winchilsea
Henry Stormont Finch-Hatton, 13th Earl of Winchilsea and 8th Earl of Nottingham (3 November 1852 – 14 August 1927) was an English peer.

Question: Where did Reginald Brabazon, 13Th Earl Of Meath's father graduate from?
Answer: Eton College