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.
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