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Brooksbank, of Healaugh Manor, Healaugh, West Riding of Yorkshire (UK Baronet, 1919)

Creation: let.pat. 15 Sep 1919

Family name: Brooksbank

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Arms:

Azure two Bars wavy Argent within a Bordure Or

Crest:

A Hart's Head couped Argent attired Or charged on the neck with two Bars wavy Azure

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Maj Sir Edward Clitherow Brooksbank, 1st Bt., OStJ JP DL

1st son and heir of Edward Brooksbank JP, of Healaugh Manor, co. York, barrister-at-law, by his wife Lucy Mary York, 1st dau. of Edward York, of Wighill Park, co. York

born

24 Nov 1858

mar.

8 Apr 1885 Katherine Graham Lang (d. 22 Apr 1939), dau. of Hugh Morris Lang, of Selkirk

children

1. Capt Stamp Brooksbank, barrister-at-law (Inner Temple) (b. 16 Jan 1887;  killed in action vp 25 Sep 1915)

2. Lt-Col Edward York Brooksbank (b. 16 Dec 1888; dvp 21 Oct 1935 following a motor accident), mar. 30 Jul 1912 Hazel Lynall Thomas (b. 1883; d. 1968), 3rd dau. of Henry Brockholes Thomas, of Scaftworth Hall, co. York, barrister-at-law, by his wife Helen Elizabeth Taylor, 1st dau. of  Thomas Edward Taylor JP DL, of Dodworth Hall, co. York, and had issue:

1a. Col Sir (Edward) William Brooksbank, 2nd Bt. TD JP DL

2a. Benjamin John Brooksbank (b. 27 Sep 1918)

3a. Capt Stamp Godfrey Brooksbank, of 45 Cedar Lodge, Lythe Hill Park, Haslemere, co .Surrey, served with the Coldstream Guards in World War II (b. 14 Apr 1922), mar. 30 May 1942 Celia Dorothy Coke (b. 3 Jul 1919; d. 6 Jun 1996), 2nd dau. of Maj Hon Sir John Spencer Coke KCVO, of Toy House, Toys Hill, co. Kent (by his wife Hon Dorothy Olive Lawson-Levy, only child of Harry Lawson Webster [Levy later Lawson-Levy], 1st Viscount Burnham), 3rd son of Thomas William [Coke], 2nd Earl of Leicester, by his second wife Hon Georgiana Caroline Cavendish, 1st dau. of William George [Cavendish], 2nd Baron Chesham, and had issue:

1b. David William Brooksbank (b. 29 May 1946), mar. 6 Sep 1972 Vanessa M Whittome (b. Dec 1943), dau. of Kenneth Abinger Whittome, by his wife Pamela Moore Odam, dau. of Frank Moore Odam, and has issue:

1c. Scott William Brooksbank (b. 21 Oct 1976)

2c. Charles Henry Brooksbank (b. 12 May 1979)

1c. Anna Louise Brooksbank (b. 1984)

2b. George Edward Hugh Brooksbank FCA (b. 8 Feb 1949), mar. 1985 Nicola J Newton (b. Sep 1953), 2nd dau. of Michael Anthony Newton, of Balcombe, co. Sussex (by his wife Joanna K Houssemayne Holland, dau. of Geoffrey Holland), son of Giles Fendall Newton MBE, of Hove, co. Sussex, by his wife Mary Cicely Meyrick, dau. of Sir Frederick Charlton Meyrick, 2nd Bt. CB CMG JP DL, and has issue:

1c. Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank (b. 3 May 1986), mar. 12 Oct 2018 *HRH Princess Eugenie of York (b. 23 Mar 1990), yr. dau. of *HRH Prince Andrew, 1st Duke of York, by his wife Sarah Margaret Ferguson, dau. of Maj Ronald Ivor Ferguson, of Dumner House, co. Hampshire, and has issue:

1d. *August Philip Hawke Brooksbank (b. 9 Feb 2021)

2c. Thomas Brooksbank (b. 1988)

1a. Diana Hazel Brooksbank (b. 1914), mar. (1) 11 Jan 1936 Robert Froude Norton (d. 13 May 1967), only son of Lt-Col Harry Egerton Norton, of Birdingbury Hall, Rugby, co. Warwick, and (2) G Milford-Cottam

2a. Crystal Elizabeth Brooksbank (b. 1924), mar. (1) 14 Sep 1946 (div. 1960) Henry Desmond Verner Pakenham CBE, yst son of  Hamilton Richard Pakenham, (2) 8 Nov 1960 Ivor George Salmond OBE (d. 1981), son of Maj George Salmond, and (3) Vere Tweedie, and has issue by her first and second husbands

3. Lt Hugh Godfrey Brooksbank (b. 24 Nov 1893; dvp. 16 Dec 1914 of wounds received in action at Ypres)

1. Margaret Graham Brooksbank (b. 9 Jun 1890; dvp. 15 Jan 1926)

died

24 Nov 1943

created

15 Sep 1919 a Baronet of the United Kingdom, styled "of Healaugh Manor, Healaugh, in the West Riding of the County of York"

suc. by

grandson

note

Major commanding 8th Volunteer Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment; Hon Maj, Yorkshire Artillery; Chairman West Riding Quarter Sessions 1936

Col Sir (Edward) William Brooksbank, 2nd Bt., TD JP DL

born

15 Jun 1915

mar.

21 Dec 1943 Ann Gurney later Clitherow (b. 21 Feb 1916), 2nd dau. of Lt-Col Thomas Claud Gurney later Clitherow DSO DL, of Hotham Hall, co. York (by his wife Muriel Frances Sykes, 1st dau. of Charles Percy Sykes JP. of West Ella Hall, co. York, by his wife and second cousin Rose Babington Gilliat, 2nd dau. of John Saunders Gilliat JP MP, Governor of the Bank of England, by his wife Louisa Ann Fanny Babington, 4th dau. of Matthew Babungton JP, of Rothley Temple, co. Leicester), only son of Charles Henry Gurney (by his wife Alice Prinsep, dau. of Hon Henry Thony Prinsep BCS), son of Daniel Gurney, of North Runcton Hall, co. Norfolk, by his wife Lady Harriet Jemima Hay, 3rd dau. by his second wife of William [Hay], 17th Earl of Erroll

only child

1. Capt Sir (Edward) Nicholas Brooksbank, 3rd Bt.

died

1983

suc. by

only child

note

served in World War II as Col, Yorkshire Yeomanry; High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1967

Capt Sir (Edward) Nicholas Brooksbank, 3rd Bt.

born

4 Oct 1944

mar.

17 Dec 1970 Hon Emma Myrtle Mary Anne Wood (b. 13 Feb 1949), only dau. of Richard Frederick [Wood], Baron Holderness (Life Peer) (by his wife Diana Kellett, only dau. of Col Edward Orlando Kellett DSO MP), 2nd son of Edward Frederick Lindley [Wood], 1st Earl of Halifax, by his wife Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow, 2nd dau. of William Hillier [Onslow], 4th Earl of Onslow

children

1. (Florian) Tom Charles Brooksbank (b. 9 Aug 1982)

1. Victoria Mary Grania Brooksbank (b. 1985)

note

served in the Royal Dragoons 1963-69; Capt, Blues and Royals 1969-73; Adjutant, Blues and Royals 1971-73; with Christie's, the auction house, since 1974

 Last updated 8 Mar 2021

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Address:

Ryton Grange, Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 0RY

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