Brocklehurst

Brocklehurst and the similar Brockenhurst (Old English "badger hill") refer to:

Places:

  • Brocklehurst, British Columbia, a neighbourhood in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
  • Brocklehurst Secondary School, a public high school in Kamloops, British Columbia

People:

  • John Brocklehurst (1788–1870), English silk manufacturer, banker and Liberal Party politician from Macclesfield
  • Brocklehurst baronets, title of Baronetcy of Swythamley Park in Leek in the County of Stafford, United Kingdom
    • John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough (1852–1921), British soldier, courtier and Liberal politician
  • William Coare Brocklehurst (1811–1900), English politician and businessman
  • His son William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst (1851–1929), English politician and businessman
  • Ben Brocklehurst (1922–2007), English cricketer and publisher
  • Danny Brocklehurst (born 1971) English screenwriter
  • Andrew Brocklehurst (born 1983) United Kingdom rugby player

In literature:

  • Mr. Henry Brocklehurst, a character in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
  • Mandy Brocklehurst, a Ravenclaw student in the Harry Potter novels

See also:

  • Mark Dent-Brocklehurst (died 1972), British stockbroker and heir to Sudeley Castle
  • Brockenhurst, Hampshire