Baron Brain

Baron Brain, of Eynsham in the County of Oxford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[1] It was created on 26 January 1962 for the physician and neurologist Sir Russell Brain, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Reading in the County of Berkshire, on 29 June 1954.^[2] As of 2014 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, Canada.

Barons Brain (1962)

• (Walter) Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain (1895–1966)
• Christopher Langdon Brain, 2nd Baron Brain (1926–2014)
• Michael Cottrell Brain, 3rd Baron Brain (b. 1928)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Thomas Russell Brain (b. 1965)

Notes

1. The London Gazette: no. 42582. p. 683. 26 January 1962.
2. The London Gazette: no. 40224. p. 3959. 6 July 1954.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages