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, 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, 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 (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]

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.

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, 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, FRANCIS, brother of William Bromley (qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Mar 1714/5; KS (Capt. ) 1717; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1721, matr. 19 Jun 1721, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1721 - 1 Jul 1729 (void, expiry year of grace as R. Oxhill); BA 1725; MA 1728; DD 1744; ordained deacon (Oxford) 24 Dec 1727, priest 16 Jun 1728; Rector of Oxhill, Warwicks., 1728-30 (year of grace from 21 Jun 1728); Rector of Wickham, Hants., from 7 Oct 1730; m. by 1738 Rebecca, dau. of Francis Gastrell (qv); d. 4 Aug 1753.

BROME, THOMAS, brother of Griffith Brome (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1726; KS 1727; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1732, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1732, scholar 20 Apr 1733; BA 1735/6; MA 1739; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1738, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1739; Professor of Music, Gresham Coll., 12 Mar 1739/40 - 23 Nov 1745.