Baron Brain

Baron Brain
Crest	A falcon Sable armed and belled Or supporting with the dexter claw a representation of the Silver Staff of Office of the President of the Royal College of Physicians of London Proper.
Shield	Per pale Or and Argent three cats’ heads erased Gules.
Motto	Mens Stella Cerebri [1]

Baron Brain, of Eynsham in the County of Oxford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ^[2] 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. ^[3] As of December 2025 ^[update] the titles are held by his grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in that year following the death of the 3rd Baron, 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 (1928–2025)
  • Thomas Russell Brain, 4th Baron Brain (born 1965)

The 3rd Baron Brain died on 6 November 2025, aged 96. He was succeeded by his son, Thomas Brain, 4th Baron Brain. ^{[4] [5] [6]} There is no heir to the barony.

Notes

1. Burke's Peerage. 1959.
2. "No. 42582". The London Gazette . 26 January 1962. p. 683.
3. "No. 40224". The London Gazette . 6 July 1954. p. 3959.
4. Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Brain, Baron". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 634–635. ISBN   978-1-999767-0-5-1.
5. Rhodes, Michael (2 December 2025). "Professor the 3rd Baron Brain, MA, DM, FRCP 1928–2025". peeragenews.blogspot.com.
6. "Michael Cottrell Brain". McInnis & Holloway Funeral Homes. Retrieved 2 December 2025.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ^{[ page needed ]}
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[ self-published source ][ better source needed ]}