See also

Family of Charles Attfield Brooks and Rhoda Radcliffe

  • Husband:

  • Charles Attfield Brooks (1905-1988)

  • Wife:

  • Rhoda Radcliffe (1907-1993)

  • Marriage:

  • Jun 1932

  • Dedham, Essex

Husband: Charles Attfield Brooks

  • Name:

  • Charles Attfield Brooks

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Charles Norman Brooks (1856-1925)

  • Mother:

  • Gertrude Attfield (1867-1937)

  • 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

Wife: Rhoda Radcliffe

  • Name:

  • Rhoda Radcliffe

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Frank Radcliffe (1872-1947)

  • Mother:

  • Sarah Ann Dronsfield (1872- )

  • Note:

  • BROOKS Rhoda of Bupa House 1 Chapman Av Downs Barn Milton died 15 January 1993. Probate Ipswich 16 August.

  • Birth:

  • 16 Jan 1907

  • Oldham, Lancashire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1907 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1907 M Quarter in OLDHAM Volume 08D Page 646

  • Census:

  • 1911 (age 3-4)

  • Living with parents

  • Death fact:

  • Jan 1993 (age 85-86)

  • Milton Keynes, C10B/151 (aged 85)

  • Death:

  • 15 Jan 1993 (age 85)

  • Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Note on Husband: 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.

Note on Wife: Rhoda Radcliffe

BROOKS Rhoda of Bupa House 1 Chapman Av Downs Barn Milton died 15 January 1993. Probate Ipswich 16 August.