John Brooke ( c1635 - 1691 )

Birth: c 1635 Baptism: St Martin's, Coney Street, York, England, Europe (9 June 1636) Death: 18 November 1691 Burial: St Martin's, Coney Street, York, England, Europe 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 Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Proposers: William Petty and William Ball (4 December 1661) Date of ejection/withdrawal: 22 July 1685 (due to non-payment of arrears) Other RSActivity: Recommended 'a new way of Musick' to Viscount Brouncker and wrote a report on it (1662).