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VIII.— Obituary. 
Sir John Arthur Brooke, Bt. 
Sir John Arthur Brooke of Eenay Hall, Huddersfield, 
Yorks, who died on 12 July last, was a prominent man 
of business in the north and a Director of Messrs. John 
Brooke & Sons, Limited, worsted manufacturers, Hud¬ 
dersfield. 
Sir John Brooke was born in 1844, and was the fourth 
son of the late Thomas Brooke. He was educated at 
Bepton 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 was for many 
