John Brooke

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See also John Weston Brooke, John R. Brooke and John Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough.

John Brooke (born 1920) was a significant British historian. Earlier in his career he acted as assistant to Lewis Namier: he continued Namier's work on British politics and parliament in the latter part of the eighteenth century. From 1964 he was Senior Editor of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.

[edit] Education

He was educated at the University of Manchester where he studied history

[edit] 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 forward by HRH Prince of Wales.
  • Joint author with Sir Lewis Namier on biography of Charles Townshend (1964). (Who proposed a plan to tax America in 1767)

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