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William Brooke (judge)
William Brooke may refer to: * William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham (1527–1597), English peer and MP for Hythe and Rochester *William Brooke (1565–1597), English MP for Rochester and Kent. Son of above. Killed in duel. * William Brooke (MP, died 1643) (1598–1643), English soldier and politician * William Henry Brooke (1772–1860), English artist * Willie Brooke (1895–1939), trade union administrator and politician *Will Brooke, Chief of Staff to Senator Burns *Will Brooke (businessman) (born 1957), Alabama businessman and political candidate See also * William Brooks (other) *William Brooke O'Shaughnessy Sir William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (from 1861 as William O'Shaughnessy Brooke) MD FRS (October 1809, in Limerick, Ireland – 8 January 1889, in Southsea, England) was an Irish physician famous for his wide-ranging scientific work in pharmacology ... (1808–1889), Irish physician * William Broke, English academic administrator {{hndis, Brooke, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham
Sir William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, KG (1 November 1527 – 6 March 1597), lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and a member of parliament for Hythe. Although he was viewed by some as a religious radical during the Somerset Protectorate, he entertained Queen Elizabeth I of England at Cobham Hall in 1559, signalling his acceptance of the moderate regime. Biography William Brooke was the son of George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham (d. 29 September 1558), and Anne Braye (d. 1 November 1558). Before 1544, Brooke attended The King's School, Canterbury and Queens' College, Cambridge. He spent much of his younger life in Europe. In the early 1540s, he visited Padua. By 1545, William Brooke married Dorothy Neville, daughter of George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny, but the marriage was unhappy, and they later separated after 1553. At the end of the decade, he served in northern France, where his father was in charge of Calais, and in 1549, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brooke (1565–1597)
William Brooke alias Cobham (1565-97), of Cobham Hall; later of Newington, Kent, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Rochester in 1584 and 1586 and for Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ... in 1587.http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/brooke-alias-cobham-william-1565-97 References 1565 births 1597 deaths 16th-century English MPs People of the Tudor period People from Kent Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) {{England-pre1707-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brooke (MP, Died 1643)
Sir William Brooke (1598 – 20 September 1643) was an English soldier and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Rochester, Kent. Biography He was the only son of George Brooke and Elizabeth Burgh, and in 1619 would have succeeded his uncle Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham as Baron Cobham, if the barony had not been under attainder, because of his father and uncle's treason, both having participated in the Main Plot of 1603 against King James I of England. On 1 February 1626, he was invested as a Knight of the Bath. He served as the Member of Parliament for Rochester, Kent from 1628 to 1629. Brooke married twice; his first wife was Pembroke Lennard (daughter of Henry Lennard, 12th Baron Dacre and Chrysogona Baker, daughter of Sir Richard Baker), and his second wife was Penelope Hill, daughter of Sir Moyses Hill of Hillsborough, County Down, and his first wife Alice McDonnell and widow of Arthur Wilmot. He had surviving daughters by both wives, including Mar ... [...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] |
Willie Brooke
Willie Brooke (18 December 1895 – 21 January 1939) was a British Trade Union administrator and Labour Party politician. Brooke, the son of a woolsorter, was born in Bradford. He went to Carlton Street Secondary School; his first job was as an office boy for the Amalgamated Society of Dyers. His work for the Society qualified him for a scholarship to the London Labour College where he studied politics and economics. A bachelor, in 1925 Brooke was elected to Bradford City Council as a councillor. He became Chairman of the Governors of his old school, and took a particular interest in 'special schools' for the physically disabled. At the 1929 general election, Brooke was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunbartonshire. He lost that seat in 1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Brooke
Will Brooke is an American political staffer and a figure in the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal. He worked as chief of staff to U.S. Senator Conrad Burns ( R-Montana) from November 2000 until the end of 2003, when he quit "to resume his Bozeman law practice and be the statewide chief" for President George W. Bush's Montana re-election campaign, Burnsaidin December 2003. In January 2001 Brooke went on a trip to Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa, Florida paid for (against House ethics rules) by Jack Abramoff's SunCruz Casinos. Also on the trip were Burns appropriations staffer Ryan Thomas, Tom DeLay staffers, and Bob Ney chief of staff Neil Volz. Brooke and Volz then became members of "Team Abramoff" at Greenberg Traurig. In December 2005, Brooke was working as a lobbyist for the Washington firm Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon, with a lobbying office in Bozeman. It was later reported that Brooke voluntarily met with federal investigators and the Department of Justice and disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Brooke (businessman)
William W. Brooke (born April 5, 1957) is the executive vice president and managing partner of Harbert Management Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama. He was one of seven candidates who ran for the Republican Party nomination in the 2014 US House of Representatives primary in the Alabama's 6th district, placing fifth. Early life and education A native of Alabama, Will Brooke grew up around Birmingham and attended public schools. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science in business administration. He then continued his education, receiving a Juris Doctor degree in law from the university in 1981. Since completing his education, Brooke has been a visiting lecturer at the MBA and undergraduate programs at the University of Alabama, where he is a member of the Alabama Entrepreneurship Council as of 2014. Career Legal career After graduating from the University of Alabama, Brooke practiced law in the Birmingham and Homewood areas for 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brooks (other)
William Brooks may refer to: * William Thomas Brooks (1889–1943), police officer that led 1923 Victorian police strike * William Brooks (Australian politician) (1858–1937), New South Wales politician * William Brooks (footballer) (1873–?), English footballer * William Brooks (died 1782), founder of English gentlemen's club Brooks's * William Brooks, 2nd Baron Crawshaw (1853–1929), English nobleman * William Brooks of Blackburn (1762–1846), cotton supplier * William Collin Brooks (1893–1959), British journalist, writer and broadcaster * William Cunliffe Brooks (1819–1900), British lawyer and politician * William Edwin Brooks (1828–1899), Irish civil engineer and ornithologist * Bucky Brooks (William Eldridge Brooks, Jr., born 1971), American football player and sportswriter * Bill Brooks (coach) (William J. Brooks, 1922–2010), American baseball and basketball coach * William Keith Brooks (1848–1908), American zoologist * William L. Brooks (1832–1874), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brooke O'Shaughnessy
Sir William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (from 1861 as William O'Shaughnessy Brooke) MD FRS (October 1809, in Limerick, Ireland – 8 January 1889, in Southsea, England) was an Irish physician famous for his wide-ranging scientific work in pharmacology, chemistry, and inventions related to telegraphy and its use in India. His medical research led to the development of intravenous therapy and introduced the therapeutic use of '' Cannabis sativa'' to Western medicine. Early life O'Shaughnessy was born at Limerick in 1809 to Daniel O'Shaughnessy and Sarah Boswell. His mother was a Protestant and many in the family were clergymen. An uncle of his was the Dean of Ennis and a great uncle the Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe. William studied briefly at Trinity College, Dublin matriculating in 1825 but moved to Scotland before graduating. O'Shaughnessy studied forensic toxicology and chemistry in Scotland, and graduated in 1829 with an MD from the University of Edinburgh Medical School. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
