Henry Brooke (lawyer)

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Henry Brooke (* around 1698 ; † November 24, 1752 ) was an English lawyer and professor at the University of Oxford .

Life

Brooke (DCL) was the successor of James Bouchier in 1736 Regius Professor of Civil Law from 1737 to 1752 and a Fellow at All Souls College . Brooke was awarded the Legum Doctor (LL.D.).

In 1738 Brooke married Esther, daughter of the Oxford doctor William Ives. Brooke died on November 24, 1752 and was buried in St. Mary's Church in Oxford. After Brooke's death, William Blackstone was proposed as his successor. But since Blackstone was considered politically unreliable and did not want to agree to the conditions, Herbert Jenner was appointed instead.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Wilfrid Perst, Wilfrid R. Perst (2012) William Blackstone: Law and Letters in the Eighteenth Century ; Oxford University Press, 2012; ISBN 9780199652013 ; Page 107 ff.
  2. ↑ a b John Jackson; Chronological Antiquities: Or, the Antiquities and Chronology of the Most Ancient Kingdoms from the Creation of the World of the Space of Five Thousand Years ; London, Noon 1752; Page xvii;
  3. ↑ The Oxford University Calendar 1821; (Editorial deadline December 31, 1820); London; printed for J. Parker, Munday and Slatter; FC and J. Rivington; 1821.
  4. ↑ a b c d J. Clark, H. Erskine-Hill (2001) Samuel Johnson in Historical Context - Studies in Modern History ; Springer, 2001; ISBN 9780230522695 ; Page 141/142.
  5. ↑ The historical register of the University of Oxford : being a supplement to the Oxford University calendar, with an alphabetical record of University honors and distinctions completed to the end of Trinity term 1888; accessed on February 17, 2016.
  6. ↑ Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers, Volume 3, 1735-1738. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1900 under Warrants for Minor Appointments: 1737 on the British History Online website (www.british-history.ac.uk); accessed on May 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ a b The Clergy Database Record 260850 ; Henry Brooke; accessed on July 15, 2014.
  8. ↑ Oxford Medical Men, William Ives ; accessed on May 6, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Brooke, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1698
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1752