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An Old Etonian, Lord Brocket served in the 14th/20th King's Hussars as a Lieutenant in Germany. [2] He became known as a playboy and, in the 1980s and early 1990s, for his collection of classic cars, once owning forty-two Ferraris. He was convicted of insurance fraud in 1996 and sentenced to five years in prison, of which he served two and a ...
Baron Brocket, of Brocket Hall in the County of Hertford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 January 1933 for the businessman Sir Charles Nall-Cain, 1st Baronet. [1] He was chairman of the brewing firm of Robert Cain & Sons (later Walker Cain Ltd), which had been founded by his father Robert Cain.
Charles Alexander Nall-Cain, 1st Baron Brocket (29 May 1866 – 21 November 1934), born Charles Alexander Cain, was a British businessman and philanthropist. Brocket was the fourth son of Robert Cain , founder of the brewing firm of Robert Cain & Sons, and his wife Anne, née Newall.
Through his eldest son, he was a grandfather to convicted fraudster Charles Ronald George Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket (b. 1952), of Brocket Hall, [13] and great-grandfather of Princess Antalya of Prussia (daughter of the 3rd Lord Brocket), and through his daughter grandfather to Christopher Taylour, 7th Marquess of Headfort. [14]
By 1948, Knoydart was owned by Lord Brocket, who was controversial for his fascist activities before and during World War II.He was known as a Nazi sympathiser, and became a committed member of the Anglo-German Fellowship, using his estates to entertain supporters of Nazi Germany.
Brocket Hall, main (north) façade. Brocket Hall is a neo-classical country house set in a large park at the western side of the urban area of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England. The estate is equipped with two golf courses and seven smaller listed buildings, apart from the main house. The freehold on the estate is held by the 3rd ...
In 1949 the house was purchased by the 2nd Baron Brocket (1904–1967), a multi-millionaire Tory peer and businessman and a member, by descent, of the ancient Ulster family of Ó Catháin (O'Cahan or O'Kane), [5] whose principal residence was Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire, England. Lord Brocket bequeathed Carton to his younger son, The Hon ...
The Baron Brocket: 1933: Charles Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket: ... The Lord Reed of Allermuir ranks higher in precedence as the current President of the Supreme Court ...