'Brooke08'
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Families covered: Brooke of Dromavana, Brooke of Mere, Broke of Nacton, Brooke of Rantavan
[This page was first launched as Brooke03. It was renamed when a new Brooke03 was launched to cover generations before the first shown in the middle/lower sections below.]
| Sir Richard Broke (d 1529, chief baron of the Exchequer) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Leeds (dau of William Leeds of Steyning) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Robert Broke of Nacton (d 1558) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Holgrave (dau of John Holgrave of Walton-on-Thames) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Richard Broke of Nacton (d 1605) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Jermy (dau of Sir John Jermy of Brightwell) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Broke of Nacton (d 1626) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1602) Elizabeth Waters (dau of William Waters of Wimbledon) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Richard Broke of Nacton (b 1603, d 1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1620) Maria Packington (dau of Sir John Packington of Hampton Lovett, Bart of Westwood) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Robert Broke, Bart of Nacton (b 1622, d 25.02.1693) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1642) Anne Tollemache (dau of Sir Lionel Tollemache or Talmarsh, Bart of Bentley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Elizabeth Broke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Kynaston of Salop | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Mary Broke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Walgrave of Wallbridge | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Anne Broke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (sps) Robert Broke, later of Nacton @@ just below | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Richard Broke | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | William Broke of Dartford (d 1660) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Priscilla Fielder | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Broke, later of Nacton (d 1714) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sps) Anne Broke (dau of Sir Robert Broke, Bart of Nacton) @@ just above | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Hewett (dau of Sir John Hewett or Hewytt, 1st Bart of Waresley) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Philip Broke of Nacton (b 1702, d 1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1732) Anne Bowes (dau of Martin Bowes of Bury St. Edmunds (St. Edmundsbury)) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Philip Bowes Broke of Nacton and Broke Hall (b 18.05.1749, d 22.08.1801) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1771) Elizabeth Beaumont (b 1748, d 25.06.1822, dau of Rev. Charles Beaumont of Witnesham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, 1st Bart of Broke Hall (b 08.09.1776, d 02.01.1841, Rear Admiral) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.11.1802) Sarah Louisa Middleton (d 1843, dau of Sir William Fowle Middleton, Bart of Shrubland Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Sir Charles Broke, later Vere-Broke (b 21.02.1779, d 03.04.1843, Major General) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Horatio George Broke (b 04.06.1790, d 30.08.1860, Lt. General) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1825) Frederica Sophia Mure (dau of James Mure of Cecil Lodge) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Elizabeth Broke (d 1801) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.05.1795) Edmund Turnor of Stoke Rochford | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Isabella Mary Broke (d 28.05.1817) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.12.1796) John Leveson-Gower (b 25.06.1774, d 03.09.1816, General) | |||||||||||||||
| ((6))+ | other issue - Thurland (d unm 1805), Anna (dsp), 2 daughters (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Priscilla Broke (b 1748-9, d 23.06.1821) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.02.1773) Rev. Orbell Ray (b 1747, d 1829) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Visitation (Cheshire, 1580, Brooke of Leighton). | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Bridget Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Fastolf of Suffolk | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Cicely Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Henry Delves of Duddington | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Elizabeth Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Foulshurst of Crew | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Margaret Brooke (b c1509, d 1589) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Glegg of Galton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. William Whorwood (Attorney General to King Henry VIII) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. William Sheldon of Belley or Beoly (d 23.12.1570) | |||||||||||||||
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| William Brooke of Dromavana (a 1685) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Brooke of Rantavan House (a 1691, rector of Killinkere, Mullagh, etc) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lettice Digby (dau of Simon Digby, Bishop of Elphin) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Henry Brooke of Rantavan (b 1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Meares of Meares Court (cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - Arthur (d young), Charlotte (d 1792, author), 20 others (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Robert Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Honor Brooke (dau of Rev. Henry Brooke) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Henry Brooke of Dublin | ||||||||||||||
| a. | William Brooke of Hastings | ||||||||||||||
| b. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Dolier | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Digby Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Digby Brooke in St. Helena had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wright | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Francis Digby Brooke of Bath (Major) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Henry Digby Brooke of Coolock House | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lucinda Dobbyn | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Joseph, Henry, Leonard, William, 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Digby Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Robert Brooke of Prosperous, Governor of St. Helena (a 1799, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Mapletoft (Mrs. Wynne) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Brooke (Major) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Patton (dau of Governor Robert Patton) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. H.A. Marshall of Ceylon | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Alexander Brooke of Dromavana | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.1713) Catherine Young (dau of Richard Young of Drumgoon) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Brooke of Dromavana and Firmount (b 1720, rector of Union of Granard) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Young (dau of Mathew Young of Lahard, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Brooke of Dromavana (dsp 1818, rector of Ballyconnel) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Brooke of Dromavana (b 1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Angel Perry (dau of Capt. Edward Perry) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Brooke of Dromavana (b 22.07.1796, d 19.08.1881) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (26.08.1819) Emily Margaret Wilmot (d 1850, dau of Robert Rogers Wilmot of Cork) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Catherine Bradford (dau of Rev. William Bradford) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Edward Perry Brooke (rector of Magheralin) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lucie Saurin (dau of James Saurin, Bishop of Dromore) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Richard Sinclair Brooke (b 1802, d 06.08.1882, rector of Wyton) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Stopford (dau of Rev. Joseph Stopford) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Margaret Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Atkinson of co. Donegal | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Irwin Alexander, George Perry (d 1844, Captain), Elizabeth, Catherine, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Honor Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eyles Irwin of Bellevue | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Henry Brooke (a 1700, rector of Kinawley) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomasine Tucker (dau of Rev. Thomas Tucker) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Henry Brooke, Governor of Madras, later of Kilcoffin | ||||||||||||||
| i. | William Brooke (dsp, Lt. General, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Nicholls (dau of Lt.Gen. _ Nicholls) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Brooke of Bath | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Ram (dau of Stephen Ram of Ramsfort by Charlotte Stopford) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Sill (dau of Rev. H. Sill) | |||||||||||||||
| Not sure by which wife was ... | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Henry Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Ponsonby (dau of Myles Ponsonby of Hale Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Henry, Sally, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Honor Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Brooke @@ above | |||||||||||||||
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| Sir Peter Brooke of Mere, Sheriff of Cheshire (a 1660) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Alice Hulse (dau of Richard Hulse of Richardscote) named in Visitation (Cheshire, 1663, Brooke of Norton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Brooke of Mere (b c1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m(1). Margaret Brereton (dau/heir of Henry Brereton of Eccleston) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Peter Brooke of Mere | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Venables (dau of Peter Venables of Over Street) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Peter Brooke of Mere, Sheriff of Cheshire (b c1697, d 1766) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Hollingshead (dau of Francis Hollingshead of Wheelock) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Peter Brooke of Mere, Sheriff of Cheshire (d 1793) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Meriel Leigh (b c1719, dsp 1740, dau of Fleetwood Leigh of Bank, younger of Lyme) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Langford (b c1734, d 15.10.1809, dau/heir of Jonas Langford of Antigua) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Jonas Langford Brooke of Mere (d unm 1741-2) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Langford Brooke of Mere (d 21.12.1815) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maria Broughton (d 16.06.1841, dau of Sir Thomas Broughton, Bart of Broughton and Doddington) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Peter Langford Brooke of Mere, Sheriff of Cheshire (b 1793, dsp 09.01.1840) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1818) Elizabeth Sophia Rowley (dau of Vice Admiral Sir Charles Rowley) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1836) Julia Seymour Buccleuch Campbell (d 08.09.1858, dau of Col. John Campbell of Shawfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Thomas Langford Brooke of Mere (b 03.09.1794, d 24.01.1848) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.06.1817) Eliza Clough (dau of John William Clough of Oxton Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Maria Elizabeth Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1810) Meyrick Bankes of Winstanley Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Jemima Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Jeremiah Dickson | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue - William Henry Langford (d unm 1839), Jonas Langford | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Randle Ford (of Wexham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Maria Ford (youngest dau, co-heir) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.10.1808) William Hulton of Hulton Park (b 23.10.1787, d 31.03.1864) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Frances Brooke (b 15.12.1760, d 09.02.1846) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.12.1786) Thomas Oliver | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Jane Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (23.08.1785) William Hulton of Hulton (b 28.05.1762, d 24.06.1800) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. William Tyrell (or Thomas William) Boyce (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Felicia Broke | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Heron | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Broke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Patten (rector of Childrey) | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue (d unm) - John (d 1780), Frances | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Margaret Broke | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Broke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Ravenscroft of Pickhill | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Mabel Brooke (b c1663) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Richard Brooke (b c1640) ancestor of Brooks of Astley | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Frances Trott (dau of Sir Nicholas Trott of Quickswood, widow of William Marbury of Marbury) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Mabel Farrington (dau of William Farrington of Warden) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For Broke of Nacton : BLG1952 (Broke (formerly Adlington) of Holme Hale Hall), BEB1841 (Broke of Nacton), BP1870 (Broke-Middleton)
(2) For Brooke of Dromavana : BLGI1912 (Brooke of Dromavana)
(3) For Brooke of Mere : BLG1886 (Brooke of Mere)
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