Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath
When his father succeeded to the Earldom in 1851, Reginald, now the heir (his elder brother, Jacques, died of diphtheria in 1844), was styled Lord Brabazon.His younger daughter, Lady Violet Constance Maitland Brabazon (1886–1936), married the 4th Earl of Verulam.There is a Portland stone memorial (executed by the artist Joseph Hermon Cawthra in 1934) in his honour, bearing a small portrait panel in bas-relief, outside the Columbia Hotel in Lancaster Gate, London W2.The Portland limestone of the monument has not fared well over the 90-odd years of acid rain that has fallen in London since its construction: a considerable amount of fine detail has been lost from the carving through chemical weathering and atmospheric pollution.This is particularly evident in the face of the figure of a naked boy seated on the summit of the monument and also in the four half-roundels indicating compass points, which feature very low-relief depictions of historic buildings.