Brooke baronets of Norton Priory (1662)

Escutcheon of the Brooke baronets of Norton Priory

The Brooke baronetcy, of Norton Priory in the County of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 12 December 1662 for Henry Brooke, a Colonel in the Parliamentary Army and Member of Parliament for Cheshire during the Commonwealth.[1] He was succeeded by his son, Richard, 2nd Baronet. He was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1667.

His son, Thomas, the 3rd Baronet, was High Sheriff of Cheshire from 1719 to 1720. He was succeeded by his grandson, Richard, the 4th Baronet. He served as High Sheriff of Cheshire from 1752 to 1753. His son, Richard, the 5th Baronet, was High Sheriff of Cheshire from 1787 to 1788. On his death, the title passed to his son, Richard, the 6th Baronet, High Sheriff of Cheshire from 1817 to 1818. His eldest son, Richard, the 7th Baronet, was High Sheriff of Cheshire between 1869 and 1870. His grandson, Richard, the 9th Baronet was High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1931, a Deputy Lieutenant of the county and a member of the Worcestershire County Council.

As of 2024, the title is held by his great-grandson, the 12th Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2012.[2]

  1. ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1903). Complete Baronetage. Vol. III. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 268–270.
  2. ^ "BROOKE - Deaths Announcements". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012.