Peerage Record – 2818

     Sir Edward Clitherow Brooksbank, 1st Bt. was born on 24 November 1858.¹ He was the son of Edward Brooksbank and Lucy Mary York.¹ He married Katherine Christina Eliazbeth Graham Lang, daughter of Hugh Morris Lang and Margaret Graham, on 8 April 1885.¹ He died on 24 November 1943 at age 85.¹
     He graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was Major of the 8th Volunteer Battalion, West Riding Regiment.¹ He gained the rank of Honorary Major in the Yorkshire Artillery.¹ He was appointed Officer, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (O.St.J.)¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for the West Riding, Yorkshire.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of the West Riding, Yorkshire.¹ He was created 1st Baronet Brooksbank, of Healaugh Manor, co. York [U.K.] on 15 September 1919.¹

     Katherine Christina Eliazbeth Graham Lang was born on 15 March 1863.² She was the daughter of Hugh Morris Lang and Margaret Graham.^1,3 She married Sir Edward Clitherow Brooksbank, 1st Bt., son of Edward Brooksbank and Lucy Mary York, on 8 April 1885.¹ She died on 22 April 1939 at age 76.¹
     Her married name became Brooksbank.

     Hugh Morris Lang was born on 30 March 1817 at Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland.^2,3 He was the son of Robert Franklyn Lang and Jessie Montgomerie.³ He married Margaret Graham.² He died on 22 April 1900 at age 83.^2,3
     He lived at Broadmeadows, Selkirk, Scotland^G.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Selkirkshire.²

     Alice Sherard was born in 1659.² She was the daughter of Richard Sherard and Margaret Dewe.^1,3 She married Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Bt., son of Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Bt. and Elizabeth Freke, on 27 March 1676 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England^G.³ She died on 27 July 1721.³
     From 27 March 1676, her married name became Brownlow.

     Richard Sherard married Margaret Dewe, daughter of Lumley Dewe.² He died on 12 September 1668.³
     He lived at Lobthorpe, Lincolnshire, England^G.¹

     Geoffrey Mark Dent-Brocklehurst was born circa 1932.² He was the son of Major John Henry Dent-Brocklehurst and Mary Morrison.² He married Mary Elizabeth Chipps, daughter of Dr. Henry Davis Chipps, before 1972.¹ He died in 1972, from a heart attack.^1,2
     Geoffrey Mark Dent-Brocklehurst usually went by his middle name of Mark.³ He lived at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹

     John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter was born on 15 May 1674.¹ He was the son of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter and Lady Anne Cavendish.¹ He married, firstly, Annabella Bennet, daughter of John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston, on 9 February 1697.¹ He married, secondly, Elizabeth Brownlow, daughter of Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Bt. and Alice Sherard, on 19 September 1699.² He died on 24 December 1721 at age 47.¹
     He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Earl of Exeter [E., 1605] on 29 August 1700.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Baron of Burghley, co. Northampton [E., 1571] on 29 August 1700.¹

     Annabella Bennet was the daughter of John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston.¹ She married John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter, son of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter and Lady Anne Cavendish, on 9 February 1697.¹ She died in August 1698.¹
     Her married name became Cecil.

     John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston was baptised on 5 July 1616.¹ He was the son of Sir John Bennet and Dorothy Crofts.² He married, firstly, Lady Elizabeth Cranfield, daughter of Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex and Elizabeth Shepherd, on 28 October 1661.³ He married, secondly, Bridget Howe, daughter of John Grubham Howe and Lady Annabella Scrope, circa 1 May 1673.³ He died on 11 February 1694/95 at age 78.¹
     He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He was admitted to Gray’s Inn.¹ He was appointed Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) in 1661.^2,1 He was Lieutenant of the Gentlemen Pensioners from 1662 to 1676.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Wallingford between 1663 and 1679.¹ He held the office of Deputy Postmaster between 1666 and 1672.¹ He was created 1st Baron Ossulston [England] on 24 November 1682.¹ He lived at Dawley, London, England^G.²

     Elizabeth Brownlow was born on 18 May 1681.¹ She was the daughter of Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Bt. and Alice Sherard. She married John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter, son of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter and Lady Anne Cavendish, on 19 September 1699.¹ She died on 28 November 1723 at age 42.¹
     Her married name became Cecil.