150 Obituary. [Ibis, 



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YUl.— Obiluary. 



Sir John Arthur Brooke, Bt. 



Sir Jolin Arthur Brooke of. Feuay Hall, Huddersfield, 

 Yorks, who died on 12 July last, was a prominent mau 

 of business in the north and a Director of Messrs. John 

 Brooke & Sous, Limited, worsted manufacturers, Hud- 

 ders field. 



Sir John Brooke was born in 1844, and was the fourth 

 son of the late Thomas Brooke. He was educated at 

 Repton and Oriel College, Oxford, graduated B.A. in 1865, 

 and was created a Baronet in 1919. His chief interests 

 were in his business and in politics, and he \vas for many 



