Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw

Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw DL (15 May 1825 – 5 February 1908) was a British peer.

Brooks was the son of John Brooks, a quarry owner, of Crawshaw Hall, Lancashire. He served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1884. In 1891 he was created a Baronet, of Crawshaw Hall in the County of Lancaster, and in 1892 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Crawshaw, of Crawshaw in the County of Lancaster.

Lord Crawshaw died in February 1908, aged 82, and was succeeded in his titles by his son William Brooks, 2nd Baron Crawshaw His younger son, Marshall, was an excellent sportsman, having been British Amateur High Jump champion in 1874 and 1876, world record holder for the High Jump on three occasions, as well as having represented England in rugby union in 1874.

Title and Styles

15 May 1825 - 19 February 1891: Thomas Brooks

19 February 1891 - 5 February 1908: Sir Thomas Brooks, 1st Baronet of Crawshall Hall and Whatton House

25 August 1892 - 5 February 1908: Right Honourable Lord Crawshaw , 1st Baron Crawshaw in the County of Lancaster and of Whatton in the County of Leicester.

Coat of arms

Arms of Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw

Notes Coat of arms of the Brooks family Coronet A coronet of a Baron Crest A Demi Lion proper maned Argent charged on the shoulder with a Fountain and holding in the paws a Pheon in bend sinister proper stringed Or Escutcheon Argent three Bars wavy Azure a Cross Fleury Erminois in chief a Fountain Supporters Dexter: a Stag Argent; Sinister: a Horse Argent, each collared wavy Azure and suspended from the collar an Escutcheon Erminois charged with a Fountain Motto Finem Respice (Consider the end)

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages