Giles Brook or Brooke (c. 1553–1614),
was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. T ...
from 1604 to 1611.
Brook was member of a family that served
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...
for many years. He was an alderman of Liverpool and was bailiff in 1584. He was
Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 1592. In 1604, he was elected
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
for
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...
and sat until 1611.
[William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven ''The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c.'' (1889)]
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1550s births
1614 deaths
Mayors of Liverpool
Place of birth missing
16th-century births
17th-century deaths
16th-century English people
Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Liverpool
English MPs 1604–1611
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