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Henry Brooke

Born: 9-Apr-1903
Died: 29-Mar-1984
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician

Nationality: England
Executive summary: UK Home Secretary, 1962-64

Wife: Barbara Muriel Mathews (m. 22-Apr-1933, two sons, two daughters)
Son: Peter Brooke (Conservative MP, b. 3-Mar-1934)
Son: Sir Henry Brooke (b. 19-Jul-1936)
Daughter: Honor Leslie Brooke (b. 2-Apr-1941)
Daughter: Margaret Hilary Diana Brooke (b. 16-Jan-1944)

    High School: Marlborough College
    University: Balliol College, Oxford University

    UK Home Secretary (1962-64)
    UK Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1961-62)
    UK Paymaster-General (1961-62)
    UK Minister of Housing and Local Government (1957-61)
    UK Minister of Welsh Affairs (1957-61)
    UK Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1954-57)
    UK Member of Parliament for Hampstead (1950-66)
    UK City Council Hampstead Borough Council (-1955)
    UK City Council London County Council (1945-55)
    UK Member of Parliament for Lewisham West (1938-45)
    Conservative Party (UK)
    Life Peerage 20-Jul-1966 as Baron Brooke of Cumnor
    Risk Factors: Parkinson's


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