76. Leonard Leslie7 Brooke (Leonard Dobbin6, Henry Daniel5, Thomas Digby4, Robert3, Reverend William2, William1) was born in
Birkenhead, Cheshire 24/09/1862. Leonard died 1/05/1940 in 28 Hollycroft Avenue, Hampstead, at 77 years of age.
He married Sybil Diana Brooke 28/06/1894. Sybil was born in Marylebone, London c1871. Sybil
was the daughter of Reverend Stopford Augustus Brooke and Emma Diana Wentworth-Beaumont. Sybil died 26/02/1957 in
London, at 85 years of age. She was listed as a resident in the census report in 1 Manchester Square, Marylebone,
London, 1881. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Main Street, Harwell, Berkshire, 1901.
He was listed as head of household in the 1871 census in 56 Park Road South, Birkenhead, Cheshire. He was listed as a
resident in the census report in 56 Park Road South, Birkenhead, Cheshire, 1881. He was listed as head of household in the
1901 census in Main Street, Harwell, Berkshire. He resided in Cumor, Oxford, Oxfordshire 1921. He resided in 28
Hollycroft Avenue, Hampstead 1933. From The Times, May 2, 1940
Mr. Leslie Brooke, who died at his home in Hampstead
yesterday, at the age of 77, was an interesting and attractive personality rather than a great artist, but his work was thorough and
delicate, and as an illustrator he had imagination, or at least fancy, and charm. Though he produced a few oil paintings, it was a
water-colourist and portrait draughtsman and, above all, as an illustrator of children's books that he was best known.
Among
books illustrated by Brooke are the stories of Mrs. Molesworth and the Nonsense Songs of Edward Lear, but perhaps his most popular work was
done in "Johnny Crow's Garden" and Johnny Crow's Party". He was a graceful draughtsman, in sentiment approximating to the "men of the
sixties" - Fred Walker and Walter Crane in particular. Never entirely without private means, he was a man of wide interests, ranging from
fine printed books to gardening, and easy circumstances and interests combined kept him, no doubt, from fulfilling his early promise as an
artist.
Leonard Leslie Brooke was born at Birkenhead in 1862, being the second son of Leonard D. Brooke. He was educated at
Birkenhead School and the Royal Academy Schools, where he won prizes. Whiel travelling in Italy he had a serious illness, which left his
permanently deaf, but keenly interested in what was going on about him. In 1894 he married Sybil Diana, daughter of the Rev. Stopford
Brooke, who was his cousin. His eldest son was killed in 1918 while serving in the Royal Air Force.
Leonard Leslie Brooke and Sybil Diana Brooke had the following children:
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i.
Leonard Stopford8 Brooke was born in Kensington, London 11/07/1895.
Leonard died 25/09/1918 in Bagzabern, Germany, at 22 years of age. He was listed as a resident in the census report in
Main Street, Harwell, Berkshire, 1901. Name: BROOKE, LEONARD STOPFORD Initials: L S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank:
Lieutenant Regiment: Royal Air Force Unit Text: 110th Sqdn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 25/09/1918 Additional information: Son of Leslie
and Sybil Brooke, of 14, Marlborough Hill, St. John's Wood, London. Gazetted to King's Royal Rifle Corps in March, 1915. Served in France
with Army Cyclist Corps Nov., 1915-March, 1917. Born in London. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:
South end of civil cemetery. Cemetery: BAD BERGZABERN CEMETERY
Died without issue.
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ii.
Henry Brooke was born 9/04/1903.
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