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Henry Brooke (jockey)
Henry Brooke may refer to: *Henry Cobham (diplomat) (1537–1592), real name Henry Brooke, MP for Kent *Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham (1564–1618), English peer, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Lord Lieutenant of Kent, plotter against James I *Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet (died 1664), English soldier and Cheshire * Henry Brooke (Irish politician) (1671–1761), Irish MP for Dundalk and Fermanagh * Henry Brooke (divine) (1694–1757), English schoolmaster and divine * Henry Brooke (writer) (1703–1783), Irish novelist and dramatist *Henry Brooke (artist) (1738–1806), Irish painter * Henry Vaughan Brooke (1743–1807), Irish MP for Donegal Borough and County, British MP for Donegal *Henry James Brooke (1771–1857), English crystallographer *William Henry Brooke (1772–1860), Irish painter and illustrator *Henry Francis Brooke (1838–1880), Irish Brigadier-General in the British Army *Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor (1903–1984), British life peer and Conservative Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cobham (diplomat)
Sir Henry Cobham (1537–1592) was an English diplomat. Life The fifth son of George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham, he was always known as, and signed himself, Henry Cobham. He went to Spain with Sir Thomas Chaloner the elder who was accredited as ambassador resident at Madrid in 1561, returning to England the same year with despatches. In 1567 he carried letters from Elizabeth I to Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and the Archduke Charles at Vienna, when the queen hoped to reopen the negotiations for her marriage with the archduke, and returned with a negative answer. In 1570 Cobham was sent to Antwerp, ostensibly on a mission of courtesy, but really to ascertain the destination of the fleet which the Duke of Alva was then equipping. He went on to Speyer, where he had audience of the Emperor (17 September), and went via Paris to Spain, accredited to Philip II as an envoy extraordinary. His instructions were to demand the release of the English ships seized by Alva in alleged retali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham
Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham KG (22 November 1564 – 24 January 1618 (Old Style)/3 February 1618 (New Style), lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was an English peer who was implicated in the Main Plot against the rule of James I of England. Life The son of William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, by second wife Frances, daughter of Sir John Newton, he was educated at King's College, Cambridge. In 1597 he succeeded his father as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports under Queen Elizabeth. Shortly after the accession of James I, he was implicated in the " Treason of the Main" in 1603. His brother George was executed, and Henry was imprisoned in the Tower of London by James I, probably in an attempt to obtain the Cobham estates for the Duke of Lennox. He was the second husband of Lady Frances Howard, daughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Katherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham. He may have been the subject of a number of Elizabethan satires such as Thomas Nashe's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet (died 1664) was an English soldier and politician. Biography Brooke was a great-grandson of Richard Brooke, who purchased Norton Priory from Henry VIII in 1545. His father was Sir Richard Brooke of Norton (died 10 April 1632) and his mother was Catherine Neville (the daughter of Sir Henry Neville of Billingbear).''Brooke of Norton Priory'', Burke's ''Peerage and Baronetage'', 105th edition, 1970 At the outbreak of the Civil War, Henry Brooke declared his support for Parliament in 1642 by signing the Cheshire Remonstrance. In so doing, he became the only major Parliamentary supporter in the northwest of the Bucklow Hundred.Abram, Andrew. The Brookes at Norton Priory, Norton Priory Museum Trust, 1994. In 1643 he was appointed a colonel in the parliamentary army and in 1644 he was made High Sheriff of Cheshire, a post he held for four years. Ormerod, G. (2nd edition, ed. T. Helsby), ''History of the County Palatine and City of Chester'', 1882. pp. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Brooke (Irish Politician)
Henry Brooke (January 1671 – 14 July 1761) was an Irish politician. He was the son of Thomas Brooke, grandson of Sir Basil Brooke, 1st Baronet, and his wife Catherine Cole, daughter of Sir John Cole, 1st Baronet. In 1709, he was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh and Governor of County Fermanagh. Between 1713 and 1727, he sat for Dundalk in the Irish House of Commons. Subsequently he was returned for Fermanagh until his death in 1761. On 29 March 1711, he married Lettice Burton, daughter of Benjamin Burton. They had four daughters and two sons. His oldest son Arthur Arthur is a common male given name of Brittonic languages, Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. An ... represented Fermanagh and Maryborough and was later created a baronet. References 1671 births 1761 deaths High Sheriffs of County Fermanagh Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Brooke (divine)
Henry Brooke (1694 – 21 August 1757) was an English schoolmaster and cleric. Life Brooke was a son of William Brooke, merchant, and his wife Elizabeth Holbrook, who were married at Manchester Church in 1678–9. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and gained an exhibition 1715–18. He proceeded to Oriel College, Oxford, where he graduated MA on 30 April 1720. He was DCL in 1727. Brooke, then a fellow of Oriel, was made headmaster of Manchester Grammar School in September 1727. He obtained a mandamus from the crown to elect him a fellow of the collegiate church, and was elected in 1728, in spite of Tory opposition. He appears to have been on good terms with John Byrom, but he was unsuccessful as a master, and the feoffees of the school reduced his salary from £200 to £10. In 1730 he received the Oriel College living of Tortworth in Gloucestershire. Here he lived, after resigning the mastership of the school in 1749, until his death on 21 August 1757. He was marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Brooke (writer)
Henry Brooke (1703 – 10 October 1783) was an Irish novelist and dramatist. He was born and raised at Rantavan House near Mullagh, a village in the far south of County Cavan in Ireland, ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'' (''D.I.B.''): Brooke, Henry. https://www.dib.ie/biography/brooke-henry-a0990 the son of a clergyman, and he later studied law at Trinity College, Dublin, but embraced literature as a career. Brooke's father was The Reverend William Brooke, the well-off Church of Ireland Rector of Killinkere and Mullagh within the Church of Ireland Diocese of Kilmore. Henry first began his career as a poet. His now forgotten ''Universal Beauty'' was published in 1735, and Alexander Pope thought its sentiments and poetry fine. He then turned dramatist by adapting extant plays, such as ''The Earl of Essex.'' He wrote from the Tory point of view and became one of the most important figures in Augustan drama, although not for his successes. His ''Gustavus Vasa'' (1739) has t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Brooke (artist)
Henry Brooke, who was born at Dublin in 1738, painted historical subjects in London from 1761 till 1767, when he returned to Dublin where he died in 1806. He was the father of painter William Henry Brooke William Henry Brooke (1772–1860) was a British artist and illustrator. Life He was the son of the painter Henry Brooke and a nephew of Henry Brooke, the author of ''A Fool of Quality''. He was a pupil of Samuel Drummond, and worked as a por .... References * 1738 births 1806 deaths Painters from Dublin (city) 18th-century Irish painters 19th-century Irish painters Irish male painters 19th-century Irish male artists {{Ireland-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Vaughan Brooke
Colonel Henry Vaughan Brooke (1743 – 27 November 1807) was an Irish politician. Background Brooke originated from a family with roots in the counties Fermanagh as well as Donegal and was the son of Basil Brooke.Lowry-Corry (1887), pp. 303–304 His mother was Jane, daughter of Henry Wrey. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin until 1761 and when his father died seven years later, he inherited the latter's estates. Brooke was unmarried and following his death was succeeded by his nephew Thomas Grove, who thereupon assumed his uncle's surname. Career Brooke entered the Irish House of Commons in 1776, having been elected for Donegal Borough.Johnston-Lilk (2006), p. 73 In 1783, he stood successfully for both County Donegal as well as Augher, choosing to sit for the former constituency. He represented it until the Act of Union 1801 and then gained a seat in the British House of Commons for the new established constituency Donegal until 1802.Thorne (1986), p. 263 By support of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry James Brooke
Henry James Brooke (1771–1857) was an English crystallography, crystallographer. Life Brooke was the son of a broadcloth manufacturer, born in Exeter on 25 May 1771. He studied for the bar, but went into business in the Spanish wool trade, South American mining companies, and the London Life Assurance Association successively. Brooke's hobbies were mineralogy, geology, and botany. His large collections of shells and of minerals were presented to the University of Cambridge, while a portion of his collection of engravings was given by him to the British Museum. He was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1815, Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1818, Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819, and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1825. . He discovered thirteen new mineral species. Brooke died at Clapham Rise on 26 June 1857 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. The surgeon Charles Brooke (surgeon), Charles Brooke was his son. Works Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Brooke
William Henry Brooke (1772–1860) was a British artist and illustrator. Life He was the son of the painter Henry Brooke and a nephew of Henry Brooke, the author of ''A Fool of Quality''. He was a pupil of Samuel Drummond, and worked as a portrait painter. He exhibited portraits and figure subjects at the Royal Academy occasionally between 1810 and 1826, but is best known by his illustrations to books. He died at Chichester in 1860. Works As an illustrator, Brooke was influenced by Thomas Stothard, a friend. He contributed to Thomas Moore's ''Irish Melodies'', Izaak Walton's ''Compleat Angler'' in the edition by John Major, Thomas Keightley Thomas Keightley (17 October 1789 – 4 November 1872) was an Irish writer known for his works on mythology and folklore, particularly ''Fairy Mythology'' (1828), later reprinted as ''The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves, and Other Little ...'s ''Mythology'', and other works. References ;Other sources * External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Francis Brooke
Brigadier-General Henry Francis Brooke (1838–1880), commanding the 2nd Infantry Brigade, Kandahar Field Force, was an Irish officer in the British Army. He was killed in a sortie from Kandahar on 16 August 1880, while endeavouring to save the life of a fellow officer. Life Origins Henry Francis Brooke was the eldest son of George and Lady Arabella Brooke, of Ashbrooke, County Fermanagh. He was born on 3 August 1836. At the age of eighteen years he was gazetted, in June 1854, to an ensigncy in the 48th Foot.Shadbolt 1882, p. 24. The Crimea Landing with the 48th Regiment in the Crimea on 21 April 1855, Brooke served with it in the siege and fall of Sebastopol, earning the Crimea Medal with clasp and the Turkish Medal. China Throughout the campaign of 1860 in China, Brooke acted as Aide-de-Camp to Sir Robert Napier, being present in that capacity at the action of Tangku, the assault of the Taku Forts—in which he was severely wounded,—and the final advance on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke Of Cumnor
Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor (9 April 1903 – 29 March 1984) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster-General from 1961 to 1962 and — following the "Night of the Long Knives" — as Home Secretary from 1962 to 1964. Early life and education Brooke was born in Oxford, the son of artist Leonard Leslie Brooke and Sybil Diana Brooke, daughter of Irish Chaplain Stopford Augustus Brooke. He was educated at Marlborough College, where he was a classmate of Rab Butler, and Balliol College, Oxford. He had an elder brother, 2nd Lt. Leonard Stopford Brooke, who was killed in Germany in 1918 while serving with the Army Cyclist Corps. Political career After teaching philosophy at Balliol College for a year, Brooke worked at a Quaker settlement for the unemployed in the Rhondda Valley from 1927 to 1928. This experience led him to turn down the offer of a Fellowship in philosophy at Balliol in favour of a lifetime in po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
