Background
Brooke was probably the son of Robert Brooke, alderman of London.
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Robert Brooke
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Education
Emmanuel College.
Career
He was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 13 March 1588. He was admitted at Gray"s Inn on 9 February 1593. In 1614 he was Sheriff of Suffolk.
He was knighted in 1615 as of Blythburgh, Suffolk.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Dunwich again in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule withou parliament for eleven years. Brooke died at the age of 74 and was buried at Yoxford.
Membership
Useless Parliament; Happy Parliament]
In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Dunwich in the Happy Parliament and was re-elected in 1625 for the Useless Parliament.
