Sarah Otway-Cave, 3rd Baroness Braye (2 July 1768–21 February 1862) was an English noblewoman. The title of
Baron Braye
Baron Braye, of Eaton Bray in the County of Bedford, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1529 for Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye. However, the family originally originate from Normandy, they are direct descendants of Chevalier ...
, originally created in 1529 for her ancestor
Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye and abeyant since the death of the
second baron in 1557, was called out of abeyance in her favor in 1839.
Family
She was born Sarah Cave, only daughter of
Sir Thomas Cave,
6th Baronet of Stanford and his wife Sarah Edwards.
[ Debrett, John]
"The Baronetage of England"
pg. 50 Her brother was
Sir Thomas Cave, 7th Baronet
Sir Thomas Cave, 7th Baronet (6 October 1766 – 15 January 1792) was a Great Britain, British politician.
Early life
The son of Sir Thomas Cave, 6th Baronet and Sarah Edwards, he succeeded to his father's Cave-Browne-Cave baronets, baronetcy in ...
, who died without issue in 1792. After her brother's death, she inherited the manor of
Stanford, but not the baronetcy (which passed through the male line).
Marriage and children
She married Henry Otway, of
Castle Otway, brother of Admiral
Sir Robert Otway, 1st Baronet.
[ Burke, John, Burke, Bernard]
"A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire"
pg. 768 They had five children:
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*Robert Otway-Cave
Robert Otway-Cave (1796 – 29 November 1844), styled The Honourable from 1839, was an Irish aristocrat and British politician.
Life Early life and succession
Born Robert Otway, he was the only surviving son of Henry Otway and his wife, the 3rd ...
(1796–1844)[History of Parliament: Otway Cave, Robert (?1796-1844), of Stanford Hall, Leics. and Castle Otway, co. Tipperary](_blank)
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*Maria Otway-Cave (d. 1879)
*Anne Otway-Cave (d. 1871)
*Catherine Otway-Cave (d. 1875)
* Henrietta Otway-Cave (1809–1879)
Her husband died in 1815. In 1818, she and her children were granted a license to use the surname of Otway-Cave.
Braye peerage case
Otway-Cave was one of the coheirs of the barony of Braye, which had been abeyant since the death of the second Baron Braye in 1557. The second baron, who had no children, was the only son of the first baron, so the title fell into abeyance among his six sisters and their heirs.[ Burke, John]
"A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Vol. 10"
pg. 121 Otway-Cave was the sole heir of the second sister, Elizabeth, who had married Sir Ralph Verney of Middle Claydon.[Lodge, Edmund]
"The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage"
pp. vii-viii
In 1835, Otway-Cave petitioned that the title of Baron Braye be called out of abeyance in her favor. Though her claim was contested by several other potential coheirs, the case was ultimately decided in her favor several years later.["Reports of Cases Decided in the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error, and Claims of Peerage, During the Sessions 1838&1839, Vol. 6"](_blank)
pp. 757-786 In 1839, letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...
ending the abeyance of the Braye peerage, at which point Otway-Cave became Baroness Braye.[Copy of the Letters Patent](_blank)
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Stuart collections
Otway-Cave acquired a significant collection of Jacobite materials. After the death of Henry Benedict Stuart
Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Maria Clement Francis Xavier Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York (6 March 1725 – 13 July 1807) was a Roman Catholic cardinal, as well as the fourth and final Jacobite heir to publicly claim the thrones of Great Brita ...
(known to Jacobites as Henry IX), she purchased a number of Stuart portraits which he had left to a member of the Malatesta Malatesta may refer to:
People Given name
* Malatesta (I) da Verucchio (1212–1312), founder of the powerful Italian Malatesta family and a famous condottiero
* Malatesta IV Baglioni (1491–1531), Italian condottiero and lord of Perugia, Bettona, ...
family. Most of the portraits remain at the family seat at Stanford.[Gittins, Estelle. “JACOBITE RELICS IN TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.” History Ireland, vol. 26, no. 1, Wordwell Ltd., 2018, pp. 18–21, http://www.jstor.org/stable/90017329] She also acquired a large body of Stuart papers, many of which were later transferred to the British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...
.[ Terry, Charles Sanford]
"An Index to the Papers Relating to Scotland"
pp.33-4
Death and succession
Otway-Cave died in 1862 and was buried at Stanford on Avon
Stanford-on-Avon is a village in the civil parish of Stanford in West Northamptonshire, England. It lies next to the River Avon, which here forms the county boundary between Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. On the Leicestershire side of the ...
.[Sandon, William Henry]
"Stanford Church and Its Registers"
pg. 30 Her only son, Robert, had predeceased her in 1844, with no children of his own. As a result, the barony fell once again into abeyance until 1879, when it was called out of abeyance for her youngest daughter Henrietta.
References
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