Sir Timothy Gerald Martin Brooks, KCVO (1929–2014) was an English landowner, farmer, politician and public servant. Brooks' father, the Hon. Herbert William Brooks (1890–1974), was a younger son of the 2nd Baron Crawshaw. After

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

, he attended the

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, completing a National Diploma in Agriculture in 1951. That year, he married the Hon. Ann Fremantle, daughter of the 4th Baron Cottesloe; when Lord Cottesloe died in 1958, she inherited

Wistow Hall Wistow Hall is a 17th-century country house in Wistow, Leicestershire, England which has been converted into an apartment building. It is Grade II* listed. The Hall was built to an H-plan of rendered brick with a Swithland slate hipped roof. I ...

and its connected estate."History of Wistow"
''Wistow''. Retrieved 6 June 2019. The couple spent many years renovating the hall, improving the estate's farms and organising the Wistow Rural Centre
''Kibworth and District Chronicle'', issue 363 (June 2014). Retrieved 6 June 2019. (which Brooks had established in 1953). Brooks became involved in local affairs, becoming a

magistrate The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judici ...

in 1960 and serving as the

High Sheriff of Leicestershire This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Leicestershire, United Kingdom. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most ...

for the 1979–80 year. He sat on

Harborough District Council Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, in the far southeast of the county, forming part of the border with Northamptonshire. Market Harborough's population was 25,143 in 2020. It is the adm ...

from 1975 to 1989 and chaired it in the 1983–84 year. In 1989, he was appointed

Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Since 1703, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire. Lord Lieutenants * Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset 1549–1551 *Francis Hasting ...

. Between then and his retirement in 2003, he received two honorary degrees (from

De Montfort University De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body. The name De Montfort University was tak ...

and the

University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_labe ...

) and was appointed a Knight of the

Order of Saint John The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headq ...

."Brooks, Sir Timothy (Gerald Martin)"
''Who's Who'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 6 June 2019. On retiring, Brooks was appointed a Knight Commander of the

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...

. He died in 2014. His son Richard served as High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Timothy 1929 births 2014 deaths People educated at Eton College 21st-century British landowners Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order High Sheriffs of Leicestershire Lord-Lieutenants of Leicestershire Knights of the Order of St John