John Weston Brooke

For other people named John Brooke, see John Brooke (disambiguation).

John Weston Brooke
Born(1880-07-02)2 July 1880
Fenay Hall, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Died24 December 1908(1908-12-24) (aged 28)
Lolo Land (Yi people)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchArmy
Years of service1898–1902
RankLieutenant
UnitYorkshire Dragoons, 7th Hussars
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
Other workExplorer
A formative photograph of 17 men. Eight stand, seven sit on chairs and two are on the floor.Sir Byron LeightonClaud GrenfelMajor Frederick Russell BurnhamCaptain Gordon ForbesAbe BaileyunidentifiedLord BrookeMajor Bobby WhiteLord DowneMajor-General Sir Henry Edward ColvilleMajor Harry WhiteMajor Joe LaycockSir Winston ChurchillSir Charles BentinckColonel Maurice Giffordunidentified
Returning from the Boer War on the RMS Dunottar Castle, July 1900.[1] Standing L-R: Sir Byron Leighton, Claud Grenfel, Major Frederick Russell Burnham, Captain Gordon Forbes, Abe Bailey (his son John would marry Diana Churchill in 1932), next two unidentified, John Weston Brooke. Seated L-R: Major Bobby White, Lord Downe, General Sir Henry Edward Colvile (a year later Churchill as MP would demand an inquiry over his dismissal from South Africa), Major Harry White, Major Joe Laycock, Winston Churchill, Sir Charles Bentinck. Sitting L-R: unidentified, Col. Maurice Gifford (who had lost his arm in the Second Matabele War).

John Weston Brooke FRGS (2 July 1880 – 24 December 1908) was a British military officer and explorer.

  1. ^ "FinestHour" (pdf). Journal of the Churchill Center and Societies, Summer 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.