Baron Brain, of Eynsham in the County of Oxford, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 26 January 1962 for the physician and
neurologist
Neurology (from el, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal c ...
Sir Russell Brain, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Reading in the County of Berkshire, on 29 June 1954.
the titles are held by his youngest son, the third Baron, who succeeded in that year. He is a retired physician and a former Professor of Medicine at
McMaster University
McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical Ga ...
, Canada.
Barons Brain (1962—)
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Walter Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain'' (1895–1966)
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Christopher Langdon Brain, 2nd Baron Brain'' (1926–2014)
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15px, baseline Michael Cottrell Brain, 3rd Baron Brain (1928—)
*** (1) Hon. Thomas Russell Brain (1965—)
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
and sole heir to the peerage is the present holder's son, the Hon. Thomas Russell Brain (born 1965).
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1962
