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Joshua Ingham Brooke (14 February 1836 – 19 June 1906) was

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from 1888 until his death.

Life

Brooke was born in

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, the son of Thomas Brooke, a wealthy manufacturer. He was educated at

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and

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. He was

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in 1860, and

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in 1862. After

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and

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he was the

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from 1866 to 1867; Thornhill from 1867 until 1888 (also

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from 1871); and then of Halifax from 1889 to 1904.

Family

Brook married Grace Charlotte Godby in 1859. They had three sons; among the sons was Christopher Robert Ingham Brooke. The other sons were William Ingham (born 1862) and Edward Vanrenen Ingham (born 1877); their six daughters were Margaret (born 1860, married Frederick Ralph Grenside), Emily Mary (born 1864, married George Alexander Grenside), Edith (born 1865), Grace Millicent (born 1867), Mabel (born 1873) and Barbara Joan (born 1880). Sir Thomas Brooke, 1st Baronet, Ingham Brooke's brother, was made a baronet in 1899.BIRTHDAY HONOURS >

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(Dundee, Scotland), Saturday, June 03, 1899; pg. 5; Issue 14333

References

1836 births 19th-century English Anglican priests 20th-century English Anglican priests People educated at Cheltenham College People from Honley Alumni of University College, Oxford Archdeacons of Halifax 1906 deaths Clergy from Yorkshire {{York-archdeacon-stub