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Giles Brook or Brooke (c. 1553–1614), was an English politician who sat in the
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from 1604 to 1611. Brook was member of a family that served
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for many years. He was an alderman of Liverpool and was bailiff in 1584. He was
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in 1592. In 1604, he was elected Member of Parliament for
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and sat until 1611.William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven ''The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c.'' (1889)
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1550s births 1614 deaths Mayors of Liverpool Place of birth missing 16th-century births 17th-century deaths 16th-century English people Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Liverpool English MPs 1604–1611 {{1604-England-MP-stub