Mary Aubrey-Fletcher, 8th Baroness Braye

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Mary Penelope Aubrey-Fletcher, 8th Baroness Braye (born September 28, 1941 ) is a British peeress and non-party politician .

life and career

Aubrey-Fletcher, nee Verney-Cave, was born on September 29, 1941 to Thomas Verney-Cave, 7th Baron Braye , and Dorothea Donoghue († 1994). She usually uses her middle name Penelope. She attended the Assumption Convent at Hengrave Hall and the University of Warwick .

In 1983 Aubrey-Fletcher was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire .

She has been President of the Blaby Cons since 1986. Association, was vice president of the Red Cross of North Hants from 1983-92 , since 1978 governor of St. Andrew's Hospital in Northampton , 1983 of Three Shires Hospital, also in Northampton, chairman of the school committee of St. Andrew's Occupational Therapy School of 1988-93.

The baroness also held state offices. So she was from 1981-86 justice of the peace of the county of Northants , 1983 was Aubrey-Fletcher High Sheriff of Northamptonshire and 1998 deputy lord-lieutenant of this county.

She lives in Stanford Hall , a late 17th century country house near Lutterworth in Leicestershire . (Status: 2003). Aubrey-Fletcher is a member of the Hereditary Peerage Association .

Membership in the House of Lords

After the death of her father in December 1985, she inherited his title and the then associated seat in the House of Lords . She gave her inaugural address on January 28, 1987 on the subject of abortion . She lost her seat through the House of Lords Act 1999 . She did not run for any of the remaining seats.

She is not listed in the Register of Hereditary Peers , which are available for by-election.

family

She married Lt.-Col. Edward Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, son of Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet , and Mary Augusta Chilton. They don't have children. The co-heirs of the title, which as Barony by writ can also be inherited in a female line, are her 2nd cousins ​​Linda Kathleen Fothergill and Theresa Beatrice Browne.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Mary Penelope Verney-Cave, Baroness Braye on thepeerage.com , accessed August 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Who is Who, 2015, p. 270.
  3. ↑ MEMBERSHIP LIST Hereditary Peerage Association publication ; Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  4. ↑ House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections website Election Demon , accessed January 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ Braye, Baron (E, 1529) Entry in Cracroftspeerage , accessed January 27, 2013.
predecessor Office successor
Thomas Verney Cave Baroness Braye
1985– 		current holder of the title
personal data
SURNAME Aubrey-Fletcher, Mary, 8th Baroness Braye
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aubrey-Fletcher, Mary Penelope, 8th Baroness Braye (full name); Aubrey-Fletcher, Penelope (preferred name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peeress and politician (non-party)
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1941