Charles Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket

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The Lord Brocket
Born (1952-02-12) 12 February 1952 (age 73)
NationalityBritish
EducationEton College
Occupation(s)British peer, television star, business owner
Television I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Scream! If You Want to Get Off
Bad Lads Army
Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away!
Criminal chargeInsurance fraud
Criminal penaltyFive years imprisonment
Criminal statusTime served
Spouses
Isabell Maria Lorenzo
(m. 1982;div. 1994)
Harriet Victoria Warren
(m. 2006)
Children5
Relatives Ronald Nall-Cain, 2nd Baron Brocket (grandfather)

Charles Ronald George Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket (born 12 February 1952), also known as Charlie Brocket, is a peer, business owner and television presenter from the United Kingdom. He was jailed for insurance fraud in 1996.

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Biography

Brocket is the son of Ronald Nall-Cain and Elizabeth Trotter. His father died when he was nine years old. At fifteen, he became the 3rd Baron Brocket following the death of his grandfather, Arthur Nall-Cain, 2nd Baron Brocket, also inheriting Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire. He retains ownership of the estate through a trust, established following his conviction for insurance fraud in the 1990s. The property was leased to German hotelier Dieter Klostermann in 1996, [1] and later operated by Chinese businessman Yu Songbo from 2016. After financial difficulties, the operating company was sold out of administration in 2020 to Brocket Hall (Holding) Limited. [2]

Lord Brocket is an Old Etonian and served in the 14th/20th King's Hussars as a Lieutenant in Germany. [3] He became known as a playboy and, in the 1980s and early 1990s, for his collection of classic cars, once owning forty-two Ferraris. He was convicted of insurance fraud in 1996 and sentenced to five years in prison, of which he served two and a half years. [4] [5] [6] [7]

In 2004, he was a contestant on the third series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! . Finishing in fourth place. [8] His autobiography, Call Me Charlie, was published in hardback in 2004. [9]

Brocket hosted the ITV game show Scream! If You Want to Get Off , and presented Privates Exposed, a behind-the-scenes programme for Lads Army , on ITV2.

In 2007, he launched his own Brocket Hall Foods range of groceries. [10]

In 2017, Brocket was featured in an episode of Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! (Series 5, Episode 15). [11]

On 29 August 2025, Brocket was arrested on suspicion of rape and charged the following day with two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault by penetration, relating to alleged incidents in London and East Sussex. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, where he was granted bail with conditions, including GPS-monitored exclusion from the M25 area. He is due to appear at Isleworth Crown Court on 26 September 2025. [8]

Marriage and family history

In 1982, he married former Vogue model Isabell Maria Lorenzo. They have three children including Antalya Stephanie Lauren Nall-Cain, who married Prince Frederick Alexander of Prussia, a descendant of Queen Victoria. Brocket and Lorenzo divorced in 1994. [12]

In 2006 he married Harriet Victoria Warren, with whom he is reported to have two daughters. [12] [13]

Coat of arms of Charles Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket
Coronet of a British Baron.svg
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Notes
Granted 29 October 1928 by Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, Ulster King of Arms. [14]
Crest
On wreaths of the colours 1st a cat saliant guardant Erminois holding between the paws a dexter hand couped Gules (Cain) 2nd a bee Proper between two roses Gules barbed seeded stalked and leaved Proper (Nall).
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent three salmon haurient Gules in chief an oak tree eradicated Proper (Cain) 2nd & 3rd Argent a bee Proper between three roses Gules (Nall).
Supporters
Two cats guardant Erminois [15]
Motto
Felis Demucta Mitis

References

  1. Dunne, John (22 December 2014). "Celeb peer Lord Brocket sends removal vans to his estate in dispute with German leaseholder". Evening Standard. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  2. "Brocket Hall sold out of administration". Golf Business News. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  3. Simpson, Richard (2004) "Portrait of a driver: Lord Brocket", The Daily Telegraph , 27 November 2004, retrieved 6 November 2010
  4. Graham, Natalie (2004) "Fame & Fortune: Celebrity peer no longer lords it up [ dead link ]", The Times , 19 September 2004, retrieved 6 November 2010
  5. Walker, Esther (2007) "Bangers & cash: How Charlie Brocket reinvented himself as a purveyor of eco-friendly sausages", The Independent , 27 September 2007, retrieved 6 November 2010
  6. Walker, Tim (2008) "When Lord Brocket hits the fan", The Daily Telegraph, 12 April 2008, retrieved 6 November 2010
  7. Lord Charles Brocket (2004) Call me Charlie: The Autobiography of Lord Brocket, Simon & Schuster, ISBN   978-0-7432-6363-4
  8. 1 2 Vaughan, Henry (30 August 2025). "Celebrity peer Lord Charles Brocket charged with rape". Sky News . Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  9. Brocket, Charles (2004). Call me Charlie: the autobiography of Lord Brocket. London: Simon & Schuster. ISBN   978-0-7432-6363-4.
  10. "Lord Charlie Brocket launches own groceries range Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine ", TalkingRetail.com, 10 October 2007, retrieved 6 November 2010
  11. ""Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away!" Episode #5.15 (TV Episode 2017) - IMDb". IMDb . Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  12. 1 2 Bickerstaff, Isaac (11 March 2025). "Lord Brocket's daughter splits from Prince Frederick Alexander". Tatler. Condé Nast. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  13. "Charles Ronald Nall-Cain". Lemsford History Society. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  14. "Grants and Confirmations of Arms". National Library of Ireland. p. 237. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  15. Debrett's Peerage. 2019.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Brocket
1967–present
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Alexander Nall-Cain