Background
Sole survivor of eleven children from his father Sir Berney Brograve, 1st Baronet"s second marriage, he succeeded to the title and his father"s estates in 1797.
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George George Berney Brograve
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Career
Brograve was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Norfolk Militia and High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1802. He lived at Worstead House near Norwich, Norfolk. He was trained as a lawyer
His nine-year marriage to Emma Louisa Whitwell was dissolved by an Acting of Parliament on 28 April 1809.
Captain Masham Elwin was put on trial for criminal conversation with Brograve"s wife, before the Right Honorary Lord Ellenborough in the court of the King"s Bench, Guildhall on 8 July 1807.
With the intercepted letters. Elwin was found guilty and ordered to pay damages to Brograve of two thousand pounds.
Lady Brograve and Captain
Elwin were married three days after her divorce. Brograve had canceled his will immediately on discovering his wife"s infidelity, and like his father before him, died intestate, the last in the direct male line of this ancient family. His heir at law was a distant relative, Henry John Conyers of Copped Hall, Essex.
Worstead House and most of the other estates were put up for sale shortly after Brograve"s death in 1828, although Conyers appears to have kept Waxham Hall for a time.
Roger was a serious gambler, and in 1813 lost ₤10,000 at the Derby race at Newmarket. He then "found himself unable to answer his engagements" and shot himself two days later with a duelling pistol inserted in his mouth while sitting up in bed.
The jury brought in a verdict of insanity.
