John Brooke (priest)
John Brooke | |
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Dean of Cape Town | |
| In office 1932-1947 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 10, 1873 Clanwilliam, Cape Colony (present-day South Africa) |
| Died | June 10, 1951 (aged 78) |
| Spouse(s) |
Helen Buchanan
(m. 1910; died 1911)Audrey Currey (m. 1918) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Henry Currey (father-in-law) |
| Education | University of the Cape of Good Hope Keble College, Oxford Cuddesdon Theological College |
John Charles Herries Brooke (June 10, 1873 – June 10, 1951)
Early years
Brooke was born in
Educated at the
He was made
Clerical career
Brooke began his career as a
Brooke was invited back to the Diocese of Cape Town in 1932 to serve as dean of Cape Town, rector of St. George’s Cathedral and archdeacon of Cape Town, where he remained until his retirement from full-time ministry in 1947.[a] He was formally licensed as an honorcCanon of St George's Cathedral in July 1950.[7]
He was admitted as a chaplain of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in May 1946, and invested as such at an investiture held in Cape Town on 16 April 1948.[8][9]
Assessment
Brooke was “a man of sincere
Family
Brooke was married in 1910 to Helen Mary Buchanan, the daughter of the Hon. Mr Justice James Buchanan and his wife, Amy St. Leger Bertram Gordon. Mrs Brooke died in Cape Town on 26 March 1911.
He was married, secondly, on 23 April 1918, by the Archbishop of Cape Town, to Audrey Mary Currey, the daughter of the Hon. Henry Latham Currey, of Pinewood, Rondebosch. The second Mrs Brooke, who was the author of the book, Robert Gray First Bishop of Cape Town (1947),[10] died on 1 June 1985.
He had three daughters, one by his first marriage and two by his second.[11]
Notes
- ^ He was given a general licence by the archbishop of Cape Town, Russell Darbyshire on 3 January 1948.
- ^ Genealogical web-site
- OUP,1947
- ^ de Villiers 1998, p. 32.
- ^ a b R.R. Langham-Carter, "Brooke, John Charles Herries" in The Dictionary of South African Biography (vol. III) (1977), pp. 111-112.
- ^ Drennan 1970, p. 89.
- ^ The Times, Wednesday, Sep 27, 1899; pg. 10; Issue 35945; col D Ordinations. Oxford; Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 1908, p. 183.
- ^ a b de Villiers 1998, p. 31.
- ^ "No. 37632". The London Gazette. 28 June 1946. p. 3288.
- ^ The Call of St John (June 1948), p. 7.
- ^ Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1947.
- ^ South African Who's Who, 1939, p. 32.
- de Villiers, A. W. (1998). Messengers, Watchmen and Stewards. University of the Witwatersrand. ISBN 978-1-86838-220-0.
- Drennan, Basil St. George (1970). The Keble College centenary register 1870-1970. Keble College.
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