Philip Broke (1702 – 21 September 1762), of

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, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the

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from 1730 to 1733. Broke was the eldest son of Robert Broke of Nacton and his wife Elizabeth Hewitt, daughter of John Hewitt, of Waresley, Huntingdonshire. In 1714, he succeeded his father to the family estate at Nacton . He was admitted at

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on 5 July 1726. He married Anne Bowes, daughter of Martin Bowes of Bury St. Edmunds in 1732. Broke was returned as a Tory

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for

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after a contest at a by-election on 27 January 1730. He spoke against the Hessians on 4 February 1730, and voted consistently against the Government. He did not stand at the

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. He married as his second wife Alice Lady Barker, widow of Sir John Barker, 6th Baronet, of Sproughton, Suffolk, daughter of Sir Comport Fytche, 2nd Baronet of Eltham, Kent. Broke died on 21 September 1762 leaving one son by his first marriage, who was Philip Bowes Broke (1749–1801). the father of theRoyal Navy officer Rear Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, 1st Baronet KCB (1776–1841).

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* John Debrett, ''The baronetage of England'', 1839, p. 363 Politics of Suffolk Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Ipswich 1702 births 1762 deaths British MPs 1727–1734 People from Nacton {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub