Background
Braham was the son of Richard Braham, or Breame, of New Windsor, Berkshire, and of Wandsworth, Surrey and his wife Elizabeth Giles, daughter of Nathaniel Giles, Doctor of Music. His father died on 2 March 1618.
Braham was the son of Richard Braham, or Breame, of New Windsor, Berkshire, and of Wandsworth, Surrey and his wife Elizabeth Giles, daughter of Nathaniel Giles, Doctor of Music. His father died on 2 March 1618.
Braham was admitted to Gray"s Inn on 7 March 1634. He was knighted at Oxford on 21 March 1645. In July 1641 he was defeated in a by-election for Windsor.
He compounded in May 1646 and was fined £364.
He was created a Baronet on 16 April 1662. Braham died at the age of about 62 and was buried in April 1676.
Braham married firstly, Susan Southcote, daughter of Sir George Southcote, Governor of Dartmouth Castle, Devon. She died aged 22 on 5 May 1642, and was buried at New Windsor.
He appears to have married fourthly by licence on 29 November 1671, Dorothy Brandling, widow of Carmarthen.
Cavalier Parliament]
In 1661, Braham was elected Member of Parliament for Windsor in the Cavalier Parliament.