The Brocklehurst Baronetcy, of Swythamley Park, in the parish of Rushton, in the

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and of Stanhope Terrace,

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, in the

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, was a title in the

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. It was created on 27 August 1903 for Philip Lancaster Brocklehurst. He was the youngest son of John Brocklehurst, a silk weaver and

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for

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, the younger brother of

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, also Member of Parliament for Macclesfield, and the uncle of

John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough John Fielden Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough (13 May 1852 – 28 February 1921), was a British soldier, courtier and Liberal politician. Background and education Brocklehurst was the son of Henry Brocklehurst, of Foden Bank, Macclesfield, ...

. Philip Lancaster Brocklehurst was succeeded by his eldest son, Philip Lee Brocklehurst the second Baronet. He was an Antarctic explorer and took part in

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's 1907 to 1909 expedition to Antarctica. He had met Shackleton whilst he was an undergraduate at Cambridge. He was married to Gwladys Murray (marriage later dissolved) by whom he had two daughters. On his death in 1975 the title passed to his nephew, the third Baronet. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Courtney Brocklehurst (1888–1942) (who was killed in action in

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during the

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), second son of the first Baronet. When he died in 1981 the baronetcy became extinct.

Brocklehurst baronets, of Swythamley Park and Stanhope Terrace (1903)

*Sir Philip Lancaster Brocklehurst, 1st Baronet (1827–1904) * Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, 2nd Baronet (1887–1975) *Sir John Ogilvy Brocklehurst, 3rd Baronet (1926–1981)

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Picture of Sir Philip Brocklehurst, 2nd Baronet, at macclesfield-express.co.uk
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brocklehurst Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Brocklehurst family

Brocklehurst baronets, of Swythamley Park and Stanhope Terrace (1903)

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