BROOKE-PECHELL, SIR THOMAS, BART., eldest son of Lieut. -Col. Sir Paul Pechell, Bart., and Mary, only surviving child of Thomas Brooke, Pagglesham Hall, Essex; b. 23 Jan 1753; adm. 17 Jan 1765; KS 1767; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1771, matr. 30 May 1771, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1771 - void 30 Jun 1781; BA 1775; MA 1779; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1772 [check]; Sub-Lieut., 2nd Horse Grenadier Guards, 3 Dec 1783; Guidon and Capt., 1 May 1788; Brevet Maj., 3 May 1796; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Apr 1802; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1811; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; succ. father as 2nd baronet 13 Jan 1800; assumed additional surname of Brooke 22 Nov 1800 [or 1801, check]; Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to Queen Charlotte 1786 – Apr 1795, Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Charlotte Apr 1795 – May 1805, and Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to Queen Charlotte May 1805 – 1818; MP Downton 26 Apr 1813-8, and from 22 Feb 1819; m. 26 Apr 1783 Charlotte, sister of Henry Mordaunt Clavering (qv); d. 17 Jun 1826.
Brookes, Alexis Michael Panther, son of Claud James Brookes FRCS and Frances, d. of Michael Magan of Killashee, co. Longford, Eire; b. 14 June 1913; adm. Jan. 1927 (R); left July 1931; St John's Coll. Camb., matric. 1931, BA 1934, MA 1938; AMIMechE 1943; Sen. Scient. Officer Nat. Phys. Laboratory 1939-46; Junior Bursar St John's Coll. and lecturer in Engineering, Camb. Univ., 1947 to retirement; a Life Fellow of St John's; m. 7 Sept. 1946 Laura, d. of Thomas Arthur Thomas, farmer, of Dolgellau, Gwynedd; d. 19 Apr. 2002
BROOKES, JOSHUA ALFRED ROWLAND, eldest son of Joshua Rowland Brookes, Superintendent, Middlesex County Industrial School, Feltham, Middlesex, previously officer Royal Marine Artillery, and Cecilia Sophia --- (IGI); b. 30 Mar 1865; adm. (G) 31 May 1877; QS 27 May 1880; left Dec 1883; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1884; BA 1888; MA 1891; Lichfield Theol. Coll., 1888; ordained deacon (Lichfield) 1889, priest [check]; Curate, Hednesford, Staffs., 1889-92, St. Paul’s, Herne Hill, Surrey, 1892-4; Chaplain, Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment, 1894-1918; Chaplain, Limassol, Cyprus, 1922-3.
BROOKES, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1728/9; left 1732.
BROOKFIELD, CHARLES HALLAM ELTON, younger son of Rev. William Henry Brookfield, Prebendary of St. Paul’s, Rector of Somerby, Lincs., and Chaplain to Queen Victoria, and Jane Octavia, youngest dau. of Sir Charles Abraham Elton, Bart.; b. 19 May 1857; adm. (G) 15 Apr 1871; Min. Can. 1872; left Christmas 1872; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 May 1875, matr. Mich. 1875; Winchester Reading Prize (jointly) 1878; adm. Inner Temple 5 Nov 1878; a journalist on staff Saturday Review for many years; went on the stage 1879, first appearing with Charles Kelly’s company at a morning performance in Alexandra Palace; joined the Bancrofts at the Haymarket Theatre Jan 1880; rented the Haymarket Theatre for the summer season, 1884; with Lowenfeld at the Prince of Wales’s Theatre, 1894; retired from the stage 1911; Joint Examiner of Plays, Lord Chamberlain’s Office, from 27 Nov 1911; author, Random Recollections, 1902, and a number of plays; m. Frances Mary, dau. of William Grogan; d. 20 Oct 1913.
Brookman, Herbert Geoffrey, brother of John Brookman (q.v.); b. July 25, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (H); left Dec. 1914; Royal Naval Coll., Osborne; Midshipman R. N. Sept. 15, 1917; transferred from R. N. to R.A.F. in 1920; Flight-Lieut.; m. Oct. 1931, Pamela Brabazon; d. April 22, 1934.
Brookman, John, son of Herbert Brookman, of Ealing, a member of the London Stock Exchange, by Edith Mary, daughter of Samuel Harwood, of Hammersmith; b. Aug. 30, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (H); left July 1916; 2nd Lieut. (unattached) May 1, 1917; Indian Army, 2nd Lieut. Dec. 3, 1917; Lieut. May 1, 1918; Capt. May 1, 1921; Major May 1, 1935; Lieut. Col. May 1, 1943; 3rd Gurkhas and Burma Rifles; retired March 4, 1947; served in Afghanistan 1919; Waziristan 1920-1; Burma Rebellion 1932; and in Burma 1939-42; m. Oct. 5, 1931, Kathleen Muriel, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Edward Victor Martin, Indian Army, of Jersey.
Brookman, Kenneth Jeffery Steven, son of Erwin Bruckmann MD, of Berlin, Germany, and Edith, d. of Hermann Rautenberg of Berlin, Germany; b. 15 Aug. 1926; adm. Sept. 1940 (R); left July 1944; Imp. Coll. Lond. 1948-51, BSc; ARCS 1950; Christ’s Coll. Camb. 1951-2, Dip. Ed; represented Camb. v. Oxf. in the Univ. Sports 1952; coach to Univ. of Oxf. Athletic Club 1959-62; sen. physics master Radley Coll. 1952-65; Headmaster Alec Hunter High Sch., Braintree, Essex 1967-87; m. Aug. 1960 Pauline Mary Luck SRN, d. of John Whitmore Luck, engineer; d. 1 Sept. 2000.
BROOKS, ---; b.; in school lists 1732/3, 1733. [Perhaps = Francis Brooke (qv)]
BROOKS, ---; b.; adm. 12 Oct 1768; left Whitsun 1770.