William Brooks, 2nd Baron Crawshaw DL (16 October 1853 – 19 January 1929) was a British peer.[1] He was the eldest son of Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw and married Mary Ethel Hicks-Beach (1853 -1 October 1914) on 12 October 1882 daughter of Sir Michael Hicks Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet (1809–1854).