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6 unusual facts about Brabazon


Baron Brabazon of Tara

It was created in 1942 for the aviation pioneer and Conservative politician John Moore-Brabazon.

De Havilland Biplane No. 1

During a visit to Crux Easton in the summer, they discovered unused sheds that had been built on Lord Carnarvon's estate at Seven Barrows by John Moore-Brabazon.

Earl of Meath

Their grandson John Arthur Henry Moore assumed the additional surname of Brabazon and was the father of the aviation pioneer and Conservative politician John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara.

Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara

In 2001, he was elected Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees, and as a result resigned the Conservative whip and became a non-affiliated member of the House of Lords.

V-mail

In 1940 the British Minister of Transport, Lieutenant Colonel John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara, put forward the idea that airgraphs be used to reduce both the bulk and weight of mail travelling between the Middle East Force (MEF) and the UK.

Westminster St George's by-election, 1931

The Conservative Party originally selected John Moore-Brabazon.


Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough

Cyril Myles Brabazon Ponsonby, second son of Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough, and his wife Rita Narcissa Longfield, daughter of Lt. Col. Mountifort John Courtenay Longfield.

Charlton Hayes

The Main Hayes Way Dual Carriageway is separated into three roundabouts, named after the aeroplanes Concorde, Brabazon, Blenheim.

Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough

Myles Brabazon (1881–1915), soldier and father of the 11th Earl of Bessborough.

James Brabazon

Leslie James Seth-Smith (12 January 1923 – 5 November 2007), known as James Brabazon, was a screenwriter and the author of two well-received biographies of Albert Schweitzer and Dorothy L. Sayers.

Middlesex County Automobile Club

The second President, Lord Brabazon, who had been so active and supportive in the club's affairs, died in 1964, and was succeeded by The Marquess of Donegall who was the senior Vice-president, and who instituted the annual Donegall Award.

Mowsley

The Brabazon family were lords of the manor in the 13th/14th centuries - eventually to become the Earls of Meath.

Old Thorns Manor Hotel

The new design team had just completed the Lansdowne and Brabazon courses at the Belfry so where regarded as rising stars in this field.

Samuel Elias Sawbridge

Sawbridge married Elizabeth Ellis, daughter of Brabazon Ellis of Wyddial Hall, Hertfordshire.


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