John Brooke (British historian) explained

John Brooke (4 May 1920 – 1985) was a British historian.^[1] He studied history at the Victoria University of Manchester under Lewis Namier and, in 1951, became Namier's principal assistant for the History of Parliament.^[2] When Namier died in 1960, Brooke succeeded him as editor of the section dealing with 1754 to 1790.^[3] From 1964, he was Senior Editor of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. He was co-author with Namier of a biography of Charles Townshend, and author of The Chatham Administration, a study of politics in the early years of George III's reign. He was also the author of a leading biography of King George III, published in 1972. Brooke died in 1985.^{[4] [5]}

Bibliography

• The Chatham Administration 1766 - 1768, 1956.
• The House of Commons, 1754 - 1790, 1966, 1964, edited by John Brooke & Sir Lewis Namier.
• King George III, 1972. First published by Constable (London) in 1972 with a foreword by HRH Prince of Wales.
• Joint author with Sir Lewis Namier on biography of Charles Townshend (1964).
• Joint author with Kristian Quinn on a biography of Richard Cromwell (1948)

Notes and References

1. Book: Adrian Gaster. The international authors and writers who's who. 1977. International Biographical Centre. 090033245X. 130.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=x4I3AwAAQBAJ&dq=John+Brooke+University+Manchester+historian&pg=PA295 Schneider, Axel and Wolf, David, editors. The Oxford History of Historical Writing: Volume 5: Historical Writing Since 1945. Oxford University Press, 2011
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=YbcJAgAAQBAJ&dq=John+Brooke+University+Manchester+historian&pg=PA340 Louis, Wm Roger; Eliot, Simon; Louis, W Roger, editors. History of Oxford University Press: Volume III: 1896 to 1970. Oxford University Press, 2013
4. https://tna.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=ccl=au%3A%22Brooke%2C%20John%2C%201920-1985%22&sort_by=relevance_asc&limit=au:Brooke,%20John,%201920-1985 Library Catalogue: Brooke, John, 1920-1985
5. https://www.robinhalwas.com/003826-king-george-iii Brooke (John), 1920-1985