Background
BROCKLEHURST, William Brocklehurst was born in May 1851. Son of late W. Coare Brocklehurst, Member of Parliament Macclesfield Div., Cheshire, and Mary Worthington.
BROCKLEHURST, William Brocklehurst was born in May 1851. Son of late W. Coare Brocklehurst, Member of Parliament Macclesfield Div., Cheshire, and Mary Worthington.
Studied at Cheltenham College. Magdalen College, Oxford, Bachelor of Arts.
Now senior partner in firm of Brocklehurst & Sons, Macclesfield, and holding many public offices in Macclesfield and district. Member of Parliament (Liberal) Macclesfield Division, Cheshire since 1906; Lieutenant-Colonel, Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry; Justice of the Peace and C.C. county Cheshire.
Liberal.
Club: National Liberal.
Hunting, shooting, fishing, etc.