Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H

BROOKES, Warwick. b. Birtles’ sq. Greengate, Salford 1806; entered print works of John Barge near Broughton Bridge, Salford; artist at Manchester. d. Egerton grove, Stretford new road, Manchester 11 Aug. 1882. Manchester City News 26 Aug. 1882 and following weeks.

BROOKFIELD, Rev. William Henry (2 son of Charles Brookfield of Sheffield, solicitor). b. Sheffield 31 Aug. 1809; ed. at Sheffield, Leeds and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1833, M.A. 1836; C. of Maltby near Bawtry Dec. 1834; C. of St. Luke’s Berwick st. London 1841; inspector of elementary church schools 11 Feb. 1848 to 1865; R. of Somerby near Grantham 1861 to death; hon. chaplain in ord. to the Queen 24 March 1862, chaplain in ord. 1 Jany. 1867 to death; chaplain of Rolls chapel, Chancery lane 1866 to death; preb. of St. Paul’s cath. 1868 to death; he is described in Thackeray’s Curates Walk as Frank Whitestock; author of Paris exhibition Reports on classes. Printing and books, class vi, (reprinted in Illustrated London News 17 Aug. 1867). d. 16 Hereford sq. West Brompton, London 12 July 1874. Sermons by the late Rev. W. H. Brookfield edited by Mrs. Brookfield 1875, portrait.

BROOKS, Charles William Shirley (son of Wm. Brooks of London, architect who d. 11 Dec. 1867 aged 80). b. 52 Doughty st. London 29 April 1816; articled to his uncle Charles Sabine of Oswestry, solicitor 1832–7; wrote parliamentary summary in Morning Chronicle 1848–52, special correspondent for it in Russia, Syria and Egypt 1853; contributed to Punch 1851 to death, editor June 1870 to death, wrote Punch’s Essence of parliament; edited Literary Gazette 1858–9 and Home News 1867; author of The Creole or love’s fetters, produced at Lyceum theatre 8 April 1847; The daughter of the stars, produced at New Strand theatre 5 Aug. 1850; Aspen Court, a story of our own time 3 vols. 1854; The gordian knot 1859; The silver cord 3 vols. 1861. d. 6 Kent terrace, Regent’s park, London 23 Feb. 1874. G.M. xii, 561–9 (1874); Illust. review iii, 545–50 (1872), portrait; E. Yates’s Recollections ii, 143–9 (1884); Cartoon portraits (1873) 128–33, portrait.

BROOKS, George Benjamin. Entered Bombay army 1799; colonel 20 Bombay N.I. 8 Oct. 1839 to death; commanded the field force in Upper Scinde 1840; general 30 Aug. 1860. d. Clewer hill, Windsor 4 Oct. 1862. The memorial of G. B. Brooks to the Honorable the Court of directors of the East India Company

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