Sir Thomas Henry Brooke-Hitching (1858 – 4 February 1926)
["Brooke-Hitching, Sir Thomas Henry." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. December 01, 2007. Oxford University Press] was a British businessman and
Conservative politician in London.
Background and family
Thomas Henry Hitching was born in 1858, the son of John Walter Hitching, of
Halifax, Yorkshire. He married in 1878 Sarah Kussuth Brooke, daughter of David Brooke of Stannary, and later adopted the surname of Brooke-Hitching by Royal licence. They had two sons.
He was Chairman of Hitchings Ltd., of Bond-street.
Civic career
Brooke-Hitching had a long career in the
City of London. He was a
Common Councilman in the City of London from 1892, and was one of the prime movers in the creation of separate municipalities for London (which occurred in 1900 following the
London Government Act 1899). He was later a Mayor of the
Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone.
In December 1900 he was elected to represent the City on the
London School Board
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The Elementary Education Act 1870 was the first to provide for ...
, serving until the board was abolished in 1904.
He was elected a
Sheriff of the City of London in 1902 (serving October 1902 to September 1903), together with
George Wyatt Truscott.
He was made a
Knight Bachelor while he was sheriff, in the November
1902 Birthday Honours
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The list was publi ...
list, and was knighted by
King Edward VII at
Buckingham Palace
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on 18 December 1902. During his year as Sheriff, he accompanied the Lord Mayor (
Sir Marcus Samuel) on an official visit to the English city
Newcastle upon Tyne (November 1902), where they made a journey down the
River Tyne
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, and visited the
Elswick works.
Brooke-Hitching was elected to the
London County Council for the
City of London in March 1904, where he represented the
Municipal Reform Party, a local party in London allied to the parliamentary
Conservative Party
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. He was the Conservative candidate for the
Elland parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire in the
1906 general election
The following elections occurred in the year 1906.
Asia
* 1906 Persian legislative election
Europe
* 1906 Belgian general election
* 1906 Croatian parliamentary election
* Denmark
** 1906 Danish Folketing election
** 1906 Danish Landsting ele ...
, but lost and did not take another attempt at a parliamentary career.
He was on the
Commission for the Lieutenancy for City of London from November 1902, and received several foreign awards during his years in the City, including Officer of the
Legion of Honour of France, Officer of the
Order of Leopold II of Belgium, Grand Cross of the
Order of St Sava from the
Kingdom of Serbia
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, and the
Order of Prince Danilo I from the
Kingdom of Montenegro.
He was a shareholder in the 1906-7 Parkside development at 42 Knightsbridge.
He served as Master of the
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Membership of the Guild is open to all freemen, regardless of whether they are also members of a City livery company. in 1911.
List of Past Masters
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Brooke-Hitching died on 4 February 1926.
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1858 births
1926 deaths
Sheriffs of the City of London
Members of the London School Board
Members of London County Council
British businesspeople