The Brooksbank Baronetcy, of Healaugh Manor, in the parish of Healaugh, in the West Riding of the County of York, is a title in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...

. It was created on 15 September 1919 for Edward Brooksbank. He was a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for the

West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the riding was an administrative county named County of York, West Riding. The Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, lieu ...

. He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baronet (the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Brooksbank, eldest son of the first Baronet). He was a

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in the Yorkshire Yeomanry and also served as a justice of the peace and as a Deputy Lieutenant of the

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. Currently, the title is held by his son, the third Baronet, who succeeded in 1983.

Family history

Stamp Brooksbank Stamp Brooksbank (23 June 1694 – 24 May 1756) was an English MP and Governor of the Bank of England. He was the eldest son of warehouseman and haberdasher Joseph Brooksbank of Hackney House and Cateaton St., Cheapside, London. He was the heir ...

(1694–1756), great-great-great-grandfather of the first Baronet, was

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from 1741 to 1743 and represented

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and

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in the

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. He acquired Healaugh Manor, near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. The younger brother of Sir (Edward) William Brooksbank, 2nd Baronet (1915–1983) was Captain Stamp Godfrey Brooksbank (1922–2017). Capt. Brooksbank married Celia Dorothy Coke (1919–1996), a daughter of Sir John (Jack) Spencer Coke (1880–1957). He held the office of

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to King

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and Extra Gentleman Usher to

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. Sir Jack was the fifth son of

Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester (26 December 1822 – 24 January 1909), known as Viscount Coke from 1837 to 1842, was a British peerage, British peer. Background Leicester was the son of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh ...

. Capt. Brooksbank's son, George Edward Brooksbank (1949–2021), was a chartered accountant and an

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. He is the father of Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank (b. 1986), a wine merchant and the husband of

Princess Eugenie of York Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank ( ; Eugenie Victoria Helena; born 23 March 1990) is a member of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is a niece of King Cha ...

, and his brother Thomas Brooksbank (b. 1988). Through the Earls of Leicester, the Brooksbank family is descended from both King

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and King James II. Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie are third cousins twice removed, both being descended from

(1822–1909). On 12 October 2018, Charles Brooksbank, the first cousin of Jack Brooksbank gave the first reading at the

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Sir Edward Clitherow Brooksbank, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(1858–1943) **

Edward York Brooksbank Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...

(1888–1935) – second son of the 1st Baronet, died before his father *

Sir (Edward) William Brooksbank, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(1915–1983) – grandson of the 1st Baronet (son of Edward York Brooksbank) *

Sir (Edward) Nicholas Brooksbank, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(born 1944) – only son of the 2nd Baronet The

heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ...

to the Baronetcy is the 3rd Baronet's son, (Florian) Thomas Charles Brooksbank (born 9 August 1982).

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