John Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa
John Edward "Jack" Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa
DL (12 April 1927 – 4 March 2016)[1]
was a Welsh politician and boxing functionary.
Early life
The son of Edward George Brooks and Rachel White, he was born in 1927 and educated at Coleg Harlech.[2]
Career
Between 1966 and 1984, Brooks was Secretary of the Labour party for Cardiff South-East constituency. In the February 1974 and October 1974 general election, he contested Barry for Labour.
Brooks was an elected Cardiff
Bob Morgan as leader it was described as a 'coup', with Brooks deciding a tougher leadership was required.[5] Brooks was widely seen as being enormously influential on the future leader of SGCC and Cardiff Council, Russell Goodway.[4]
In the
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC). As Deputy Chairman of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation (and representative for the Council), he was pivotally instrumental in the redevelopment of the Docks area of Cardiff now known worldwide as Cardiff Bay.[3]
Having been vice-chairman of the
Deputy Lieutenant of South Glamorgan.[9]
Personal life
Brooks married in 1948 to Zetta Fussell and was divorced in 1956. They had 2 daughters and 1 son. In 1958, he married Margaret Pringle, with whom he had 2 sons by his second wife.[2] Lord Brooks died on 4 March 2016 at the age of 88.[9]
References
- ^ Baroness D'Souza, The Lord Speaker (8 March 2016). "Today's House of Lords debates - Tuesday 08 March 2016". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Lords.
- ^ a b "Brooks, John Edward". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (Nov 2015 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 4 March 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b "Jack Brooks", South Wales Echo, 25 February 2005. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
- ^ ISBN 0-7083-2063-5.
- The Telegraph. London. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "No. 47908". The London Gazette. 19 July 1979. p. 9066.
- ^ "Board switches base to Cardiff". BBC Sport. 20 December 2001.
- ^ Frank Warren (4 March 2016). "Boxing will miss Jack Brooks, a true champion of the Noble Art". Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ a b Shipton, Martin (4 March 2016). "Lord Jack Brooks, who laid the foundations for Cardiff's transformation, has died aged 88". WalesOnline. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
