See also

Family of Charles Norman Brooks and Gertrude Attfield

  • Husband:

  • Charles Norman Brooks (1856-1925)

  • Wife:

  • Gertrude Attfield (1867-1937)

  • Children:

  • Charles Attfield Brooks (1905-1988)

  • Marriage:

  • 4 Jun 1903

  • St. Andrew's, Watford, Hertfordshire

Husband: Charles Norman Brooks

  • Name:

  • Charles Norman Brooks

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Brooks (1813-1888)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Death (1820-1856)

  • Note:

  • BROOKS Charles Norman of Millbay Dovercourt Essex died 30 April 1925; Probate London 8 October to Gertrude Brooks widow William Hilton Hingeston Brooks merchant and Edward Willshin Arnold electrical engineer. Effects £39704 0s 6d.

  • Birth:

  • 9 Feb 1856

  • Mistley, Essex

  • Baptism:

  • 23 Apr 1856 (age 0)

  • Wesleyan Chapel, Manningtree, Essex

  • Residence:

  • 1917 (age 60-61)

  • Millbay, Dovercourt, Essex (attended death of Martha Attfield)

  • Death fact:

  • 1925 (age 68-69)

  • 1925 Jun Qtr, Tendring, 4a/659 (aged 69)

  • Death:

  • 30 Apr 1925 (age 69)

  • Millbay, Dovercourt, Essex

  • Burial:

  • 1925

  • Mistley Cemetery, Essex

Wife: Gertrude Attfield

  • Name:

  • Gertrude Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John Attfield (1835-1911)

  • Mother:

  • Martha Harvey (1841-1917)

  • Note:

  • BROOKS Gertrude of Long Furrows Mistley Essex widow died 30 September 1937 at the Nursing Home Fonnerau Road Ipswich; Probate London 17 January 1938 to Charles Attfield Brooks company director. Effects £63214 6s.

  • Birth:

  • 25 May 1867

  • 18 Beacon Hill, Camden Road, Islington

  • Census:

  • 1867 (age 0)

  • Birth: 1867 Sep Qtr, Islington, 1b/190

  • Residence:

  • 18 Mar 1911 (age 43)

  • Millbay, Dovercourt, Essex (present at death of father)

  • Death:

  • 30 Sep 1937 (age 70)

  • Nursing Home, Fonnerau Road, Ipswich, Suffolk

  • Burial:

  • 4 Oct 1937

  • Mistley Cemetery, Essex

Child 1: Charles Attfield Brooks

  • Name:

  • Charles Attfield Brooks

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Rhoda Radcliffe (1907-1993)

  • Note (shared):

  • Lt. Col. Charles Attfield Brooks was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion the Essex Regiment (T.A.) and on its formation in 1939 was appointed second-in-command, and served in Africa and the Middle East.

    He joined the family business of Brooks of Mistley in the 1920s after taking a degree in agriculture at Cambridge University. He was appointed a director in 1928, and retired (as Chairman) in 1971.

    He held many official posts in Essex, and was also an authority on John Constable.

    [Thanks to Phil Whitehead for the above information]

     

    Charles Attfield Brooks was co-Author of "Constable and his country", by Alastair Smart and Attfield Brooks, Elek, London, 1976.

  • Birth:

  • 8 Apr 1905

  • Dovercourt, Essex

  • Baptism:

  • 16 May 1905 (age 0)

  • St Mary's, Mistley, Essex (by Rev. Canon Charles Frederick Norman)

  • Title:

  •  

  • Lieut.-Col.

  • Birth fact:

  • 1905 (age 0)

  • 1905 Jun Qtr, Tendring, 4a/784

  • Occupation (1):

  • 11 Dec 1926 (age 21)

  • Commission as 2nd Lieut, 5th Bn, Essex Regiment (L.Gaz, 10.12.1926)

  • Residence:

  • 1957 (age 51-52)

  • The Lecture House, Dedham, Essex

  • Death fact:

  • Jan 1988 (age 82)

  • Jan 1988, Colchester, 9/2344 (aged 82)

  • Occupation (2):

  • 1988 (age 82-83)

  • Retired company director, 6 Frog Meadow, Dedham, Colchester, Essex (L.Gazette 22.2.1988)

  • Death:

  • 13 Jan 1988 (age 82)

  • Dedham, Essex

Note on Husband: Charles Norman Brooks

BROOKS Charles Norman of Millbay Dovercourt Essex died 30 April 1925; Probate London 8 October to Gertrude Brooks widow William Hilton Hingeston Brooks merchant and Edward Willshin Arnold electrical engineer. Effects £39704 0s 6d.

Note on Wife: Gertrude Attfield

BROOKS Gertrude of Long Furrows Mistley Essex widow died 30 September 1937 at the Nursing Home Fonnerau Road Ipswich; Probate London 17 January 1938 to Charles Attfield Brooks company director. Effects £63214 6s.

Note on Child 1: Charles Attfield Brooks - shared note

Lt. Col. Charles Attfield Brooks was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion the Essex Regiment (T.A.) and on its formation in 1939 was appointed second-in-command, and served in Africa and the Middle East.

He joined the family business of Brooks of Mistley in the 1920s after taking a degree in agriculture at Cambridge University. He was appointed a director in 1928, and retired (as Chairman) in 1971.

He held many official posts in Essex, and was also an authority on John Constable.

[Thanks to Phil Whitehead for the above information]

 

Charles Attfield Brooks was co-Author of "Constable and his country", by Alastair Smart and Attfield Brooks, Elek, London, 1976.