33. Reverend Stopford Augustus⁶ Brooke (Reverend Richard Sinclair⁵, Doctor William⁴, Reverend William³, Alexander², William¹) was born in Glendoen, Letterkenny, Donegal 14/11/1832. Stopford died 18/03/1916 in Four Winds, Cranleigh, Surrey, at 83 years of age.

He married Emma Diana Wentworth-Beaumont 23/03/1858. Emma was born in London c1831. Emma was the daughter of Thomas Wentworth-Beaumont. Emma died 1874 at 43 years of age.

He was listed as head of household in the 1871 census in 1 Manchester Square, Marylebone, London. He was listed as head of household in the 1881 census in 1 Manchester Square, Marylebone, London. Stopford was visiting 1891 in Rothay Hotel, Grasmere, Westmoreland. Stopford retired 1895. Stopford was a boarder 1901 in 135 Hayley Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire. He was cremated in Woking Crematorium, 23/03/1916. Educated at Kidderminster grammar school and Trinity College, Dublin. Ordained in London on 7 June 1857. Appointed Chaplain to the British Embassy in Berlin in 1826.

W. L Brooke is listed as staying at the hotel with Stopford Brooke, b c 1835 in Ireland and was a barrister. Possible brother?

Reverend Stopford Augustus Brooke and Emma Diana Wentworth-Beaumont had the following children:

54 i. Graham Vernon⁷ Brooke. Graham died 1869. Died of typhoid fever.

55 ii. Stopford Wentworth William Brooke was born in Kensington, London 1859. Stopford died 1938 at 79 years of age. He married Helen T. Ellis 1903. Helen died 1928.

He was listed as a resident in the census report in The Rectory, Wyton, Hundingdonshire, 1871. He was listed on a passenger list in SS Gallia, from Queenstown to Boston, 10/09/1886. He was listed on a passenger list in SS Commonwealth, from Liverpool to Boston, 18/07/1901. Unitarian minister at Clifton from 1883 - 1886 and then was minister at the First Church (Unitarian) in Boston. Liberal MP for Bow and Bromley (1906 - 1910).

56 iii. Honor Brooke was born in London c1862. She was listed as a resident in the census report in 1 Manchester Square, Marylebone, London, 1871. She was listed as a resident in the census report in 1 Manchester Square, Marylebone, London, 1881. Honor was visiting 1891 in Rothay Hotel, Grasmere, Westmoreland.

57 iv. Maud Brooke was born in London c1863. She married T.W. Rolleston. (See T.W. Rolleston for the continuation of this line.)

She was listed as a resident in the census report in 1 Manchester Square, Marylebone, London, 1871. Maud was visiting 1891 in Rothay Hotel, Grasmere, Westmoreland.

58 v. Evelyn Brooke was born in London c1867. She was listed as a resident in the census report in 1 Manchester Square, Marylebone, London, 1871. She was listed as a resident in the census report in 1 Manchester Square, Marylebone, London, 1881.

59 vi. Olive Brooke was born in London c1869. She married Reverend Laurence Jacks. (See Reverend Laurence Jacks for the continuation of this line.)

She was listed as a resident in the census report in 1 Manchester Square, Marylebone, London, 1871. She was listed as a resident in the census report in 1 Manchester Square, Marylebone, London, 1881.

60 vii. Sybil Diana Brooke was born in Marylebone, London c1871. Sybil died 1957 at 86 years of age. She married Leonard Leslie Brooke 28/06/1894. Leonard was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire 24/09/1862. Leonard was the son of Leonard Dobbin Brooke and Rhoda Prentice. Leonard died 1/05/1940 in 28 Hollycroft Avenue, Hampstead, at 77 years of age. 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. (See Leonard Leslie Brooke for the continuation of this line.)

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.

61 viii. Verona Brooke was born in London c1872. She was listed as a resident in the census report in 1 Manchester Square, Marylebone, London, 1881. Verona was a boarder 1901 in 135 Hayley Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire.

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