List of United States Political Families (B) - The Brookes

The Brookes

  • Robert Brooke, Sr. (1602–1655), Governor of Maryland Colony 1652. Father of Thomas Brooke, Sr..
    • Thomas Brooke, Sr. (1632–1676), member of the Calvert County, Maryland House of Burgesses 1663-1669 1671-1676; Sheriff of Calvert County, Maryland 1660-1667; Chief Justice of Calvert County, Maryland Court 1667. Son of Robert Brooke, Sr..
      • Thomas Brooke, Jr., Justice of the Peace in Calvert County, Maryland 1679-1681 1685-1689; Maryland Colony Councilman 1692-1707 1715-1722; Justice of the Maryland Colony Supreme Court 1694-1708; acting Governor of Maryland Colony 1720. Son of Thomas Brooke, Sr..

NOTE: Robert Brooke, Sr.'s son; Baker; was son-in-law of Maryland Colony Governor Leonard Calvert. Thomas Brooke, Jr. was also son-in-law of Maryland Colony Assemblyman Thomas Dent, Sr.; father-in-law of U.S. Representatives Charles S. Sewall and William Barton Wade Dent and Maryland Colony Assemblyman Philip Lee, Sr..

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