Baron Brain

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.

CrestA 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.

ShieldPer pale Or and Argent three cats’ heads erased Gules.

MottoMens Stella Cerebri ^[1]

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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]

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