BROMLEY, ROBERT, eldest son of Sir Robert Howe Bromley, Bart., Admiral of the White, and Anne, second dau. of Daniel Wilson, Dalham Tower, Westmorland; b. 16 Nov 1815; adm. 15 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 May 1834; MP (Conservative) South Nottinghamshire from Apr 1849; d. unm. 30 Dec 1850.
BROMLEY, THOMAS, brother of Robert Bromley (qv); b. 3 Nov 1822; adm. 24 Sep 1834 (Scott's); Cadet, EICS Bombay 1842; Ensign, unattached, 11 Jun 1842; 3rd Bombay Native Infantry, 11 Jul 1842; 1st European Fusiliers, 10 Sep 1844; Lieut., 28th Native Infantry, 21 Jan 1846; invalided 10 Oct 1851; retd. 27 Mar 1855; adm. Lincoln’s Inn, 15 Apr 1858; m. 1st, Lucie, widow of Lieut. Robert Thorp Onslow, EICS Madras, and of Capt. Henry Colvin Jackson, EICS Bengal, and second dau. of Major-Gen. Henry Webber, EICS Madras; m. 2nd, 19 Sep 1855 Clara Fitzroy, widow of Capt. John Green Paley, 10th Foot, and dau. of Right Hon. Sir Fitzroy Kelly PC, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer; d. 28 Apr 1903.
BROMLEY, THOMAS, eldest son of Right Hon. William Bromley PC MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, subsequently Secretary of State, of Baginton, Warwicks., and his third wife Mary Swan, Maid of Honour to Queen Mary (wife of James II); b.; adm.; QS 1706; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1710, matr. 7 Jun 1710, aged 17, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1710 - res 1716, as being a non-juror; grace for BA 1713; MA 1716; adm. Inner Temple 1710; d. of smallpox 23 Aug 1716.
BROMLEY, THOMAS, younger son of William Bromley (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1738 (Playford's); KS 1743; left 1744; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Jul 1750. [note will Rev. Thomas Bromley, Corley, Warwicks., proved PCC 31 Mar 1760]
BROMLEY, WILLIAM THROCKMORTON, elder son of William Bromley (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1737 (Playford's); left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1744; of Baginton, Warwicks.; MP Warwickshire from 6 Feb 1765; m. May 1756 Bridget, eldest dau. of Richard Davenport, Davenport and Calveley, Cheshire; d. 4 Mar 1769.
BROMLEY, WILLIAM, son of Right Hon. William Bromley PC MP, Baginton, Warwicks., Speaker of the House of Commons, subsequently Secretary of State, Northern Dept., and his fourth wife Elizabeth, dau. of Ralph Stawell, 1st Baron Stawell; half-brother of Thomas Bromley (qv); b. 11 Jan 1699; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1714; left 1716; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Feb 1716/7; DCL (from Oriel Coll. ) 19 May 1732; Grand Tour (Italy) 1722-3; of Baginton, Warwicks.; a Tory politician; MP Fowey 15 Mar 1725-7, Warwick 1727- 25 Feb 1734-5, Oxford University from 9 Feb 1736/7; moved repeal of Septennial Act, 13 Mar 1734; m. 2 Jul 1724 Lucy, dau. of Clement Throckmorton, Haseley, Warwicks., physician; d. 12 Mar 1736/7. DNB.
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, 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, 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.