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Brady Brim-DeForest of Balvaird and Blairlogie, Baron of Balvaird, is the son of Bret DeForest and Shannon Read Brim. He is married to Jessica (neé Eriksen) and together they have four children. They maintain homes in Maine, Texas, and Scotland. He is an entrepreneur, investor, heraldist and antiquarian, and studied International Relations at the University of Southern California.

Mr. Brim-DeForest is the principal investor behind a diverse portfolio of ventures across sectors that include technology, frontier science, artificial intelligence, heritage preservation, and real estate. He is managing director of venture fund Late Stage Capital, and Chairman of Blushift Aerospace.

He is a philanthropic patron of genealogical and heraldic scholarship and has provided significant support to a range of academic, archival, and learned societies. Among these are the New England Historic Genealogical Society, where he has supported the establishment of the Brim-DeForest Library and related scholarly initiatives. He also served as patron of the 36th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences, as Patron of the American College of Heraldry, and as Patron of the American Heraldry Society. He has also endowed the Heraldic Institute's Brim-DeForest Early Career Fellowship.

A best-selling author, Brim-DeForest is also proprietor of Palfrey Press, a boutique press that specializes in authoritative books on important historical subjects, heraldry, oral histories, and other antiquarian matters. He is Governor of The Merchant Discoverers’ Company, new world medalists, engravers, and purveyors of sartorial elegance. 

He writes and speaks on topics including entrepreneurship, cultural continuity, the post-attention economy, and the intersection of technology and identity. 

Society Memberships

  • Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut

  • General Society Sons of the Revolution

  • General Society of Mayflower Descendants

  • Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts

  • American Patrons of St George's and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter (1st Vice President, Pursuivant, 2025-present)

  • Friends of St. Georges’ Chapel and the Knights of the Garter UK

  • Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York (Life member)

  • Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion (Knight)

  • The Huguenot Society of America (Life member)

  • Holland Society (Life member)

  • Colonial Order of the Acorn

  • Society of the First Families of New York 

  • Saint Andrew’s Society of New York

  • Saint George’s Society of New York

  • Royal Society of Saint George

  • Order of Lafayette

  • Military Order of the World Wars 

  • Order of the Star and Sail (Fleet Advisor)

  • Clan MacPherson Association (Life member)

  • Clan Forrester Society

Philanthropic & Non-Profit

  • Trustee, New England Historic Genealogical Society / American Ancestors

  • Board of Directors, College of Arms Foundation 

  • Patron, Brim-DeForest Library, American Ancestors (Boston)

  • Patron, 36th International Genealogical and Heraldic Congresses

  • Patron, American College of Heraldry

  • Patron, American Heraldry Society

Civic & Military

  • Marshall of the Court of Perambulation, Stirling

  • Freedom of the City of London

  • Freedom of the City of Edinburgh

  • Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Fletchers

  • Burgess of the City of Glasgow

  • Burgess of the City of Edinburgh

  • Member, Incorporation of Bonnetmakers and Dyers of Edinburgh

  • Member, Incorporation of Maltmen in Glasgow 

  • Guild of Freeman of the City of London (Life member)

  • The Honourable Company of Freemen of the City of London of North America (Life member)

  • Gold’s Dragoons, Fairfield, Connecticut (1657)

Chivalric

  • Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (OStJ; bestowed by Charles III, King of the United Kingdom)

 

Academic & Learned

  • Member, Committee on Heraldry, New England Historic Genealogical Society (1864)

  • Life Fellow, Royal Geographical Society

  • Life Fellow, Royal Anthropological Society

  • Life Fellow, Royal Society of Arts

  • Life Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society

  • Life Fellow, Royal African Society

  • Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

  • Honorary Fellow, Heraldic Institute

  • Fellow. International Napoleonic Society

  • Fellow, International Association of Amateur Heralds

Heraldic

 

Granted armorial bearings and territorial designation (Brim-DeForest of Balvaird) by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Scotland in 2020. Later granted armorial bearings in England by Garter King of Arms in 2025. 

Listed In

  • Social Register

  • Burke’s Peerage & Landed Gentry

 

Other Notes

He is a Life Political Member of the National Liberal Club (London), a member of The Savages Club (London), a life member of the Royal Scots Club (Edinburgh), and a life member of the Spalding Gentlemen's Society (Lincolnshire). He is also a member of The Heraldry Society, a member of the Heraldry Society of Scotland, a Life Member of the White Lion Society, and a Life Member of the Royal Celtic Society, amongst others.

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