William Brookfield (director)
William Brookfield may refer to: * William Henry Brookfield (1809–1874), Anglican priest * William Brookfield (politician) William Brookfield (May 24, 1844 – May 13, 1903) was an American businessman and politician from New York. Life Brookfield was born on May 24, 1844, in Green Bank, New Jersey, the son of glass-cutter James M. Brookfield and Catherine A. Brandif ...

William Henry Brookfield
William Henry Brookfield (31 August 1809 – 12 July 1874) was an Anglican priest, Inspector of Schools, and chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria.. His son was the playwright Charles Brookfield. Biography William Henry Brookfield was the second son of Charles Brookfield, a solicitor at Sheffield, where he was born on 31 August 1809. He attended Leeds Grammar School, and in 1827 he was articled to a solicitor at Leeds, but left this position to enter Trinity College, Cambridge, in October 1829 (B.A. 1833, and M.A. 1836). In 1834 he became tutor to George William Lyttelton. In December 1834 he was ordained to the curacy of Maltby in Lincolnshire. He was afterwards curate at Southampton, in 1840 of St. James's, Piccadilly, and in 1841 of St. Luke's, Berwick Street. In 1841 he married Jane Octavia, the eight and youngest daughter of Sir Charles Elton of Clevedon Court, Somerset. Julia Maria, wife of Henry Hallam the historian was Sir Charles's sister. In 1848 Brookfield ...
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