John Brooke (4 May 1920 – 1985) was a British historian. He studied history at the

Victoria University of Manchester The Victoria University of Manchester, usually referred to as simply the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1851 as Owens College. In 1880, the college joined the federal Victoria University. A ...

under Lewis Namier and, in 1951, became Namier's principal assistant for the ''History of Parliament''. When Namier died in 1960, Brooke succeeded him as editor of the section dealing with 1754 to 1790. From 1964, he was Senior Editor of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. He was co-author with Namier of a biography of

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, and author of ''The Chatham Administration'', a study of politics in the early years of George III's reign. He was also the author of a leading biography of King

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, published in 1972. Brooke died in 1985.Brooke (John), 1920-1985
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Bibliography

*''The Chatham Administration 1766–1768'', 1956. *''The House of Commons, 1754–1790'', 1966, 1964, edited by John Brooke & Sir Lewis Namier. *''King George III'', 1972. First published by Constable (London) in 1972 with a foreword by HRH

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. *Joint author with Sir Lewis Namier on biography of

(1964). *Joint author with Kristian Quinn on a biography of Richard Cromwell (1948)

References

1920 births 1985 deaths 20th-century English historians English male biographers Alumni of the Victoria University of Manchester {{UK-nonfiction-writer-stub