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Brookfield (surname)
Brookfield is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Brookfield (1870–1930), English footballer * Arthur Montagu Brookfield (1853–1940), British army officer etc. * Charles Brookfield (1857–1913), British actor, playwright etc. * Edward Brookfield (1880–1965), British fencer * Gaz Brookfield (born 1979), English folk and rock musician * Harold Brookfield (1926–2022), British and Australian geographer * Jane Octavia Brookfield (1821–1896), English literary hostess and writer * John Brookfield (born 1955), British population geneticist * Percy Brookfield (1875–1921), Australian politician and trade unionist * Price Brookfield (1920–2006), American basketball and baseball player * Ryan Brookfield (born 1987), English footballer * Stephen Brookfield (born 1949), English-born scholar in adult education * William Brookfield (politician) (1844–1903), American businessman and politician * William Henry Brookfield William Henry Brookfield (31 Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Brookfield
Arthur Brookfield (1870–1930) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke. Career Brookfield was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played for Longton Atlas before joining Stoke in 1894. He played eight matches for Stoke during the 1894–95 season scoring twice against Bolton Wanderers. He managed just two appearances in 1895–96 and left for Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of .... Career statistics References {{DEFAULTSORT:Brookfield, Arthur English men's footballers Stoke City F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players English Football League players 1870 births 1930 deaths Men's association football outside forwards Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Montagu Brookfield
Arthur Montagu Brookfield, KGStJ (18 March 1853 – 3 March 1940) was a British Army officer, diplomat, author and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1903. Biography Brookfield was the son of Rev. William Henry Brookfield, curate of St. Luke's, Berwick Street, and Jane Octavia, daughter of Sir Charles Elton, 6th Baronet. He was educated at Rugby School and Jesus College, Cambridge. He served as a lieutenant in the 13th Hussars in India and retired from the regular army in 1880. He was Colonel commanding the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers and was a JP for Sussex. At the 1885 general election, Brookfield was elected Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Rye. In parliament he was responsible for the Uniforms Act of 1894. During his time in parliament, he commanded a battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry in the Second Anglo-Boer War. Brookfield left his parliamentary seat in 1903 to become British Consul at Montevideo, and in 1904 tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brookfield
Charles Hallam Elton Brookfield (19 May 1857 – 20 October 1913) was a British actor, author, playwright and journalist, including for '' The Saturday Review''. His most famous work for the theatre was ''The Belle of Mayfair'' (1906). Brookfield achieved success in a 20-year acting career, including with the company of Squire Bancroft at London's Haymarket Theatre in the 1880s. After he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, in 1898, Brookfield focused on writing plays and musical theatre. In his last years, he was Britain's Examiner of Plays, even though he had been criticised as biased against various playwrights and also for writing a particularly risqué comedy in 1908. Early life and career Brookfield was born in London, the third child of Rev. William Henry Brookfield, curate of St. Luke's, Berwick Street and his wife, Jane Octavia Brookfield (née Elton), novelist, daughter of Sir Charles Elton, 6th Baronet and niece of Henry Hallam. Brookfield was named after his paternal gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
