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BROMLEY-CHESTER, WILLIAM, only son of Francis Bromley (qv); bapt. 30 Jul 1738; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner, 1775); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Jan 1757, aged 18; adm. Inner Temple year 1758/9, called to bar 25 Jun 1762; tenant chambers, Inner Temple Nov 1761 - May 1769; of Cleve Hill, Gloucs.; MP Gloucestershire from 6 May 1776; m. 20 Apr 1765 Elizabeth Lucy, only child of Richard Howe Chester, and niece of Thomas Chester MP, Almondsbury and Knole Park, Gloucs.; d. 12 Dec 1780.

BROMLEY-DAVENPORT, WILLIAM DAVENPORT, son of William Throckmorton Bromley (qv); b.; adm. 5 May 1773; left 1780; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Nov 1780, aged 17; Grand Tour (Italy) 1782-4; assumed additional surname of Davenport; d. 29 Jun 1810.

Brook, Peter Stephen Paul, son of Simon Brook, man. dir. Westminster Laboratories Ltd., and Ida, d. of Paul Judson; b. 21 Mar. 1925; adm. Sept. 1937 (H); left Dec. 1938 and went to Gresham’s Sch. Holt, Norfolk; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942, MA, hon. Fellow 1991; an outstanding internat. stage and film producer; dir. Birmingham Rep. 1945-6; dir. of productions, Roy. Opera House 1947-50; producer and co-dir., Roy. Shakespeare Co. 1950-; work with Internat. Centre of Theatre Research in Paris, Iran, W. Africa and USA 1971-; hon. doctorates from various univs.; CBE Jan. 1965; Legion d’Honneur 1987, Officier 1995; CH 1998; author, The Empty Space 1968, The Shifting Point (autobiog. ) 1988, and other works; m. 1951 Natasha Parry, stage and film actress, d. of Reginald Wilts; d. 2 July 2022 in Paris.

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]

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, FRANCIS; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1731/2; left 1732. [Perhaps = Brooks, in school lists 1732/3, 1733]

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, HENRY, eldest son of Thomas Brooke MP, Church Minshull, Cheshire, and Margaret, youngest dau. of Sir Robert Cunliffe, Bart.; b. 1798; adm. 30 Jun 1807; left 1811; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Dec 1815; landowner in Cheshire; DL Cheshire, High Sheriff 1848; d. unm. 1884.

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, PHILIP; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1720; left 1721. [Perhaps Philip Brooke (or Broke), second son of Robert Brooke (or Broke), Nacton, Suffolk, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Hewitt, Bart., Waresley, Hunts., bapt. Nacton, Suffolk 30 Sep 1708; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, matr. 1726 [check exact date]; MP Ipswich 27 Jan 1730-4; of Broke Hall, Suffolk; m. 1st, 1 Feb 1732 Ann, dau. of Martin Bowes, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk; m. 2nd, Alice, widow of Sir John Barker, Bart., Sproughton, Suffolk, and dau. of Sir Comport Fytche, Bart., Eltham, Kent; d. 21 Sep 1762] [Perhaps “Brooks” in under school list 1721]