George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham

George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham
Baron Cobham
George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham, portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger
Bornc. 1497
Died29 September 1558 (around age 61)
Spouse(s)Anne Braye
Issue
others...
William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham
Sir Henry Brooke
Elisabeth Brooke, Marchioness of Northampton
FatherThomas Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham
MotherDorothy Heydon
Detail of effigies of George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham, and of his wife Anne Bray, St Mary Magdalene's Church, Cobham, Kent. Anne displays on her chest the two coats of arms of Bray: Argent, a chevron between three eagle's claws erased sable (centre) and Gules, three bends vair (on her left side)[1]
Monument and effigy of George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham, and of his wife Anne Bray, St Mary Magdalene's Church, Cobham, Kent. On his robe are painted the arms of St Amand: Or fretty sable, on a chief of the second three plates[1]
Arms of Brooke, Baron Cobham "of Kent": Gules, on a chevron argent a lion rampant sable crowned or
Quartered arms of Sir George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham, KG

George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham (c. 1497 – 29 September 1558) KG, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent and of Cooling Castle, Kent, was an English peer, soldier and magnate, who participated in the political turmoil following the death of King Henry VIII.

  1. ^ a b D'Elboux, Raymond H. (1949). "The Brooke Tomb, Cobham". Archaeologia Cantiana. 62: 48–56. esp. pp.50-1