| Authorised form of name | Brooke; Sir; John (c1635 - 1691); politician |
| Other forms of surname | Brookes |
| Brook |
| Dates | c1635 - 1691 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 9 June 1636 |
| Date of death | 18 November 1691 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
St Martin's, Coney Street, York, England, Europe (9 June 1636)
Burial:
St Martin's, Coney Street, York, England, Europe |
| Activity | Education:
York School; Gray's Inn (1650); Christ's College, Cambridge (admitted 1652)
Career:
MP for Boroughbridge, Yorkshire (1679, 1681); Commissioner for Assessment for York (1673-1674, 1677-1680, 1689-1690), and for North Riding of Yorkshire (1677-1680, 1689-1690)
Honours:
Bt 1676
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| Proposer | William Petty |
| William Ball |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | 22 July 1685 |
| Other Royal Society activity | Proposed on 4 December 1661; Expelled due to non-payment of arrears; Recommended 'a new way of Musick' to Viscount Brouncker and wrote a report on it (1662) |
| Relationships | Parents: James Brookes and Priscilla Jackson
Married: Mary Waller
Children: eleven in total, incl. James Brookes, 2nd Baronet |
| OtherInfo | Brooke was considered an active MP for the second Exclusion Parliament and amongst others, he was assigned to the committee to inquire into abhorring and to repeal the Elizabethan statute against nonconformists. He considered a suspect involved in the Rye House Plot, a plan to asssassinate Charles II and the Duke of York. Subsequently, his house was searched and he was disarmed. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Venn; Hunter; GI: Henning
References:
John H Appleby, 'Mapping Russia: Farquharson, Delisle and The Royal Society' in NR 2001 vol 55 pp 191-204
Michael Hunter, 'The Social Bias and Changing Fortunes of an Early Scientific Institution: An Analysis of the Membership of the Royal Society, 1660-1685' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 9-114
Notes:
The election date is Brooke's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously elected on 8 January 1662 and admitted the same day. |
| Code | NA7732 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/W3/48 | Letter, from Robert Wittie to Mr [John] Brook, dated at York | 1672 |
| EL/B1/129 | Letter, from John Brook to Daniel Colwall | 2 December 1668 |
| EL/H1/105 | Letter, from Thomas Hobbes to Mr Brookes, dated at Chatsworth | 20 October 1668 |
| EL/L5/46 | Letter, from Martin Lister to John Brook, dated at York | 12 April 1672 |