Brooke (or Broke), Richard, ca. 1561-1630
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, George Cyril, 1884-1934
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, 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, 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-Pechell, Thomas, 1753-1826
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, Joshua Alfred Rowland, 1865-?
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.
BROUGHTON, MICHAEL, son of John Broughton, Westminster, and Mary ---; bapt. 9 Apr 1684; adm.; KS 1696; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1701, aged 17, scholar 1702; BA 1704/5; MA 1735; ordained deacon 11 May 1735, priest 18 May 1735 (both St. David’s); Vicar of Geddington, Northants., 1735-42; Rector of Barnwell St. Andrew, Northants., from 1737, and Rector of Barnwell All Saints, Northants., from 1742; m. Arabella ---; buried Barnwell All Saints 8 Oct 1756. [note absence of career details between 1705 and 1735]
Brown (or Browne), Abraham, d. 1627
BROWN (or BROWNE), ABRAHAM; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1562, Westminster Student to 1579; BA 1566; MA 1569; BD 1576; ordained; supplicated for licence to preach 12 Nov 1577; Vicar of Arreton, Isle of Wight, 1581; Prebendary of Winchester from 9 Apr 1581; Rector of Compton, Hampshire 1613; d. by 9 Mar 1626/7.
Brown (subsequently Somerville), Henry Timothy, 1929-2006
Brown (subsequently Somerville), Henry Timothy, son of Ralph Peter Brown of Iron Acton, Gloucs, and Mary, d. of Rev. James Alexander Somerville of Gullane, East Lothian; b. 7 July 1929; adm. Sept. 1943 (KS); left July 1947; BA 1951, MA 1955; adopted the name Henry Timothy Brown Somerville in lieu of Henry Timothy Somerville Brown by deed poll 1955; BSc (Lond. ) 1959; consult. officer Milk Marketing Board, Dorset area, 1959; m. 1 Aug. 1956 Judith Elizabeth, d. of Alfred Harold Taitt, geologist, of Craigellachie, Banff, Alberta, Canada; d. Mar. 2006.
Brown, George Francis, 1828-1872
BROWN, GEORGE FRANCIS, son of John Brown, Batcombe, Somerset; b. 12 Nov 1828; adm. 28 Sep 1841 (Scott's); QS 1843; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1847, adm. pens. 13 May 1847, scholar 1848, matr. 1847; ordained deacon 1854 (Guiana), priest 1857 (Bath & Wells); Curate, St. Ives, Cornwall, 1859, subsequently Batcombe, Somerset, and Bridport, Dorset; d. 14 Jun 1872.