Brooke baronets of Almondbury (1919)

Escutcheon of the Brooke baronets of Almondbury[1]

The Brooke baronetcy, of Almondbury in the West Riding of the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 13 September 1919 for John Brooke, a Director of John Brooke & Sons, of Huddersfield, and a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire and Ross-shire. He was the younger brother of the 1st Baronet of the 1899 creation.

He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Robert, the 2nd Baronet. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty. His eldest son, John, the 3rd Baronet, was a justice of the peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Ross-shire. As of 2024, the title is held by his son, the 4th Baronet, who succeeded in 1983.

  1. ^ Debrett's baronetage, knightage, and companionage. London, Dean & Son, Limited. 1921. p. 103.