Other Events:

• Education: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; University of Cambridge
• Office: Between Feb. 1628 and May 1628; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Warwick
• Hereditary Title: From 30 Sept. 1628 to 2 March 1642/43; 2nd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, co. Warwick [E., 1621]
• Office: Sept. 1640, Ripon, Yorkshire, England; Joint Commissioner to the Scots
• Office: Nov. 1640, London, England; Joint Commissioner to the Scots
• Office: Between 1641 and 2 March 1642/43; Recorder of Warwick
• Military Service: 1642; Colonel of a Regiment of Foot
• Office: 1642; Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire

Notes:

In 1628 he succeeded his cousin (by whom he had been adopted when but four years of age) in the Peerage under the special limitation of the patent.

He early imbibed republican notions, and with Viscount Saye and Sele, was one of the two noblemen who refused to profess their loyalty to the King as required by the Council of York in 1639.

"Those who were acquainted with him believed him to be well natured and just, and rather seduced and corrupted in his understanding than perverse and malicious. Whether his Passions, or Conscience swayed him, he was undoubtedly one of those who could have been with most difficulty reconciled to the government of Church or State." (Clarendon).

Office:
On the nomination of Parliament

Military Service:
He fought at the Battle of Edgehill, 22 October 1642, and was appointed Major-General (for the Parliamentarians) for Warwickshire and Staffordshire, 7 January 1642/43.

Died:
He was struck with a musket ball while looking out of a window to direct the siege of St. Chad's Church. His death is said to have occurred "just after he had prayed publicly that, if the cause he were in were not right and just, he might be presently cut off."

Robert married Lady Catharine Russell circa 1630. Catharine died circa 1 Dec. 1676. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Office: Recorder of Warwick
• Hereditary Title: From 2 March 1642/43 to 19 Nov. 1658; 3rd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, co. Warwick [E., 1621]

Notes:

Died:
Died unmarried.

Other Events:

• Hereditary Title: From 19 Nov. 1658 to 17 Feb. 1676/77; 4th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, co. Warwick [E., 1621]
• Office: Between 1660 and 17 Feb. 1676/77; Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire
• Office: Between 1660 and 17 Feb. 1676/77; Recorder of Warwick
• Will: From 14 Nov. 1667 to 24 Nov. 1674
• Office: 1674; High Steward of Stafford
• Probate: 2 June 1677

Notes:

He was one of the six peers sent to Holland to invite the return of King Charles II, 3 May 1660.

Died:
without surviving male issue

Family/Spouse: Ann Dodington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Office: From 1664 to 1677; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Warwick
• Office: From 1677 to 22 Oct. 1710; Recorder of Warwick
• Hereditary Title: From 17 Feb. 1676/77 to 22 Oct. 1710; 5th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, co. Warwick [E., 1621]
• Office: From 1687 to 1706; Recorder of Coventry
• Will: 3 April 1710
• Probate: 9 Nov. 1710

Notes:

"Hath been always a man of pleasure, with a very good capacity; well bred; loves play; a fair complexion; towards 60 years of age. His son, Mr. Grevill [i.e. Francis G., who died within the lifetime of his father] makes a tolerable figure in the House of Commons: both great assertors of the Prerogative in Church and State." (Macky).

Birth:
He was born posthumously. His father died 2 March 1642/43.

Fulke married Sarah Dashwood on 12 Jan. 1664/65 in St. Bartholomew the Less, London, Middlesex, England. Sarah (daughter of Francis Dashwood and Alice Sleigh) was born circa 1645; died in Sept. 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died young within the lifetime of his father.

Notes:

Died young within the lifetime of his father.

Notes:

Died young within the lifetime of his father.

Notes:

Died young within the lifetime of his father.

Notes:

Died young within the lifetime of his father.

Notes:

Died young within the lifetime of his father.

Anne married William (Pierrepont), 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull circa 6 Jan. 1684/85. William died on 17 Sept. 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dodington married Charles (Montagu), 1st Duke of Manchester circa 19 Feb. 1690/91. Charles was born circa 1662; died on 20 Jan. 1721/22. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
He died eleven days before his father.

Family/Spouse: Lady Anne Wilmot. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Office: From 1699 to 1705; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Warwickshire

Family/Spouse: Mary Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Hereditary Title: From 22 Oct. 1710 to 24 Feb. 1710/11; 6th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, co. Warwick [E., 1621]
• Education: 1 Dec. 1710, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; University College, Oxford
• Administration: 25 May 1711

Other Events:

• Education: 5 Jan. 1710/11, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Wadham College, Oxford
• Hereditary Title: From 24 Feb. 1710/11 to 28 July 1727; 7th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, co. Warwick [E., 1621]
• Degree: 4 Nov. 1712; Master of Arts (M.A.) (Oxon.)
• Office: From 1719 to 28 July 1727; Recorder of Warwick
• Probate: 1728

Notes:

In politics he was a Tory. Hearne calls him, in 1711, "A young, debauched, rakish man." His politics had not then developed, or Hearne would not have abused him. V.G.

William married Mary Thynne on 8 Nov. 1716 in Leweston chapel, Leweston, Dorset, England. Mary (daughter of Hon. Henry Thynne and Grace Strode) was born circa 1701; died on 29 March 1720; was buried in St. Mary's, Warwick, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Wilbury, Wiltshire, England
• Office: From 1747 to 1752; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Monmouth

Notes:

He was the author of Maxims and Characters.

Family/Spouse: Frances Macartney. Frances (daughter of James Macartney) died in 1789. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]