John Brooke (4 May 1920 – 1985) was a British historian.[1] He studied history at the
Victoria University of Manchester under
Lewis Namier and, in 1951, became Namier's principal assistant for the History of Parliament.[2] When Namier died in 1960, Brooke succeeded him as editor of the section dealing with 1754 to 1790.[3] From 1964, he was Senior Editor of the
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. He was co-author with Namier of a biography of
Charles Townshend, and author of The Chatham Administration, a study of politics in the early years of George III's reign. He was also the author of a leading biography of King
George III, published in 1972. Brooke died in 1985.[4][5]
Bibliography
The Chatham Administration 1766–1768, 1956.
The House of Commons, 1754–1790, 1966, 1964, edited by John Brooke & Sir
Lewis Namier.
King George III, 1972. First published by Constable (London) in 1972 with a foreword by HRH
Prince of Wales.
Joint author with Sir Lewis Namier on biography of
Charles Townshend (1964).
Joint author with Kristian Quinn on a biography of
Richard Cromwell (1948)
References
^Adrian Gaster (1977). The international authors and writers who's who. International Biographical Centre. p. 130.
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