Giles Brook or Brooke (c. 1553–1614),
was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...
from 1604 to 1611.
Brook was member of a family that served
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
for many years. He was an alderman of Liverpool and was bailiff in 1584. He was
Lord Mayor of Liverpool
The Lord Mayor of Liverpool is a largely ceremonial civic office of Liverpool City Council. The Lord Mayor is the ‘first citizen’ of Liverpool representing the city and acting as a focal point of community events and is also the Chair (off ...
in 1592. In 1604, he was elected
Member of Parliament for
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
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
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