John Baguley Brooks (1856 – 8 March 1886) was an English lawyer and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1885 to 1886. Brooks was the only son of the Rev. John Brooks, rector of Walton-le-Dale,

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and his wife Anne Jones daughter of John Jones of Shackerley Hall, Shropshire. Brooks was educated at

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and

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, where he won the Newdigate Prize in 1877. He graduated with honours from the School of History and Political Economy. In 1881, he was called to the Bar at

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and was a J.P. for Cheshire and Berkshire.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
/ref> In the 1885 general election, Brooks was elected MP for the newly created constituency of

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. However he fell ill at his home in

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on the evening of 3 March 1886, on his return from the

and died of "congestion of the lungs" five days later.''Obituary'', The Times, 10 March 1886, p.8 He was succeeded in the Altrincham seat by his uncle,

William Cunliffe Brooks Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet, (30 September 1819 – 9 June 1900) was an England, English barrister, banker and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Comm ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, John Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 1856 births 1886 deaths UK MPs 1885–1886 Alumni of Merton College, Oxford People educated at Harrow School Members of the Inner Temple