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James Henry Brooks (1831–1920)

Colonial civil servant. Son of James Henry Brooks, surgeon, of Henley-upon-Thames. Studied at Guy’s Hospital, 1851; MRCSEng 1854. Surgeon to 1st Royal Regiment, Lancashire Militia, 1857. Medical officer, Seychelles, from 1858 until his retirement in 1883.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1566/165/14)

Colonial Office list

Medical Directory 1857

Oxfordshire, England, Church of England births and baptisms, 1813–1915 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 5 September 2019)

The Times, 12 June 1920, p.1