de Capell Brooke Baronets

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There has been one creation of baronets with the surname de Capell Brooke (as distinct from Brooke, Brooks and Brookes).

In the 1750s Richard Supple of Ahadoe married Mary Brooke dau. of Arthur Brooke, of Great Oakley, Northamptonshire. Their son, Richard Brooke Supple (born Jan 6, 1758), inherited the Great Oakley estate from his great-uncle, Wheeler Brooke. Upon succeeding to this estate, 23 Nov. 1797, he assumed by sign manual and in obedience to the testamentary injunction of his great-uncle the surname BROOKE at the same time the original surname of his family, DE CAPELL. He was created a Baronet June 20, 1803. He was a bencher of the Inner Temple, and for 30 years Col. of the Northamptonshire Militia , died Nov 1, 1829

Sir Arthur de Capell Brooke, Bart: eldest son and successor of the 1st baronet, born 1791, succeeded 1829, and incumbent at the time of Griffith's valuation. Author of "A Winter in the North Cape" and other works of Travel. Died s.p. 1858.

[edit] de Capell Brooke of Oakley, Northants (UK 20 June 1803)

Sir Richard Brooke de Capell Brooke, 1st Baronet (6 Jan 1758 - 27 Nov 1829)
Sir Arthur de Capell Brooke, 2nd Baronet (22 Oct 1791 - 6 Dec 1858)
Sir William de Capell Brooke, 3rd Baronet (12 Jun 1801 - 4 Mar 1886)
Sir Richard Lewis de Capell Brooke, 4th Baronet (7 Apr 1831 - 3 Feb 1892)
Arthur Richard de Capell Brooke, 1st Baron Brooke of Oakley (12 Oct 1869 - 17 Nov 1944)
Sir Edward Geoffrey de Capell Brooke, 6th Baronet (31 Jan 1880 - 6 Oct 1968)

(Extinct on his death)