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, 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

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.

BROOKE, THOMAS, second son of Sir Thomas Brooke, Bart., and Grace, dau. of Roger Wilbraham, Townsend, Cheshire; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1709; QS 1710; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1713, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1713, scholar 9 Apr 1714, matr. 1713/4; 5th in ordo 1716/7; BA 1716/7; MA 1720; ordained 1720; Rector of a moiety of Lymme, Cheshire, 8 Aug 1720-8; Vicar of Walton on the Hill, Lancs., from 22 Nov 1722; Rector of St. Mary on the Hill, Chester, 10 Oct 1737- res Nov 1744; d. 17 Aug 1757.

Brooke, Rodney David, son of Harry Brooke of Hampstead and Joan Vera, d. of Harold Stubberfield of Ruislip, Middlesex; b. 3 June 1938; adm. Sept. 1951 (W); left July 1956; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1957 but did not graduate; proprietor of antique business in London 1967-92; d. 29 Nov. 2012.

BROOKE, ROBERT; b. ; adm. ; KS 1633. [Note Robert Brooke, of Suffolk, St. Catherine’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. fellow commoner Mich. 1637. Possibly Sir Robert Brooke, knighted 1660, MP Aldeburgh 1660-1, d. 25 Feb 1693/4]

Brooke, Michael Charles, son of Stanley William Brooke, solicitor, of Bromley, Kent; b. 14 June 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (A); left July 1932; d. Oct. 1988.

Brooke, George Cyril, son of George Brooke, of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, by Alice Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Tresillian George Nicholas, Vicar of West Molesey, Surrey; b. Dec. 14, 1884; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 21, 1897; left (with Triplett) July 1903; Corpus Coll. Camb. (scholar 1903, Goldsmiths' scholar 1905), matric. Michaelmas 1903; Sir W. Browne's Medal for Latin Epigram 1905; B.A. 1906; M.A. 1919; Assist. in the Dept. of Coins and Medals, British Museum, 1908, Assist. Keeper 1923; F. S. A. 1927; Litt. D. 1930; Deputy Keeper, Dept. of Roman and Greek Antiquities, 1932; served on the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic) 1916-21; editor of the Numismatic Chronicle from 1913; author of Catalogue of English Coins (Norman Kings), 1916; m. Sept. 7, 1911, Florence Margaret, daughter of Henry Franklin Parsons, M. D., of Croydon, Surrey; d. Oct. 1934.

Brooke, Edmund James Stanford Loftus, son of the Rev. James Mark Saurin Brooke, Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth, by Amy, only child of John Stanford, or Badingham, Suffolk; b. Oct. 29, 1889; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (H); left Dec. 1906; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. Leicestershire Regt. Sept. 29, 1914; relinquished his commission through ill health Jan. 16, 1915; was a motor ambulance driver in France March - Sept. 1916; Lieut. 4th Batt. Hampshire Regt. July 1, 1917; served in Egypt and Palestine 1917; demob. June 1919; M.C. Jan. 1, 1919; Sqdn.-Ldr. (Balloon) A. A. F. Jan. 31, 1939; Wing-Comdr. Sept. 1, 1940; resigned Feb. 23, 1942; m. April 20, 1921, Eileen, younger daughter of Lewis Hughes, of Cirencester, Gloucs.; d. Aug. 30, 1957.

BROOKE (or BROKE), RICHARD, of Essex; b.; adm. : QS; elected to Christ Church. Oxford 1580, matr. 20 Nov 1580, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1590; BA 5 Feb 1583/4; MA 16 Mar 1586/7; DD 1600; ordained; Rector of Garboldisham, Norfolk, 1589. [note Rev. Richard Brooke, Great Waltham, Essex, will proved PCC 26 Aug 1630]