Background
BROOKFIELD, Arthur Montagru was born in March 1853 in London. Son of late Prebendary Brookfield.
BROOKFIELD, Arthur Montagru was born in March 1853 in London. Son of late Prebendary Brookfield.
Rugby; Jesus College, Cambridge. 13th Hussars, 1873; retired 1880.
Lieutenant-Colonel 1st Cinque Ports Revised Version, 1884. Honourable Colonel, 1895. Commanded Battalion of Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, 1900 (medal and three clasps).
Interested in military and agricultural questions. Initiated and carried Uniforms Act, 1894. Chairman of Select Committee on Employment of Discharged Soldiers and Sailors, 1895.
Served also on Select Committees on Extraordinary Tithe, 1886, and Hop Industry, 1889. Member of Parliament (Conservative) Rye Division Sussex, 1885-1903. Justice of the Peace; His (or Her) Majesty’s Consul for East and West Prussia since 1903.
Conservative.