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     Jessy Brooke was the daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Bt. and Harriot Cunliffe.¹ She married Hon. Richard Bootle-Wilbraham, son of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale and Mary Elizabeth Taylor, on 22 May 1832.² She died on 18 July 1892.¹
     From 22 May 1832, her married name became Bootle-Wilbraham.¹

     Hon. Richard Bootle-Wilbraham was born on 27 October 1801.² He was the son of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale and Mary Elizabeth Taylor.^1,3 He married Jessy Brooke, daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Bt. and Harriot Cunliffe, on 22 May 1832.² He died on 5 May 1844 at age 42.³
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.)²

     Clare Emily Brooke was the daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Bt. and Harriot Cunliffe.¹ She married Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, 3rd Bt., son of Sir Frederick Anne Hervey-Bathurst, 2nd Bt. and Jane Douglas Hutchison, on 23 September 1845.¹ She died on 24 January 1867.¹
     From 23 September 1845, her married name became Hervey-Bathurst.¹

     Lady Louisa Tollemache Duff was born circa 1824.² She was the daughter of General Hon. Sir Alexander Duff and Anne Stein.^1,2 She married Sir Richard Brooke, 7th Bt., son of Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Bt. and Harriot Cunliffe, on 12 December 1848 at St. Peter's Church, Pimlico, London, England^G.³ She died on 23 September 1864.¹
     From 12 December 1848, her married name became Brooke.¹ On 2 June 1857 she was granted by Royal Warrant the rank of an earl's daughter.³

     Basil Poynings Brooke was born on 28 September 1853.¹ He was the son of Sir Richard Brooke, 7th Bt. and Lady Louisa Tollemache Duff.¹ He died on 6 May 1939 at age 85, unmarried.¹

     Jocelyn James Pusey Brooke was born on 21 January 1855.¹ He was the son of Sir Richard Brooke, 7th Bt. and Lady Louisa Tollemache Duff.¹ He died on 29 January 1925 at age 70.¹

     Victor Alexander Brooke was born on 20 April 1857.¹ He was the son of Sir Richard Brooke, 7th Bt. and Lady Louisa Tollemache Duff.¹ He married Nora Linton, daughter of James Linton, on 15 August 1893.¹ He died on 20 April 1937 at age 80.¹

     Nora Linton was the daughter of James Linton.¹ She married Victor Alexander Brooke, son of Sir Richard Brooke, 7th Bt. and Lady Louisa Tollemache Duff, on 15 August 1893.¹ She died on 8 November 1957.¹
     From 15 August 1893, her married name became Brooke.¹

     James Linton lived at Palmerston North, New Zealand^G.¹

     Victor James Brooke was born on 29 May 1899.¹ He was the son of Victor Alexander Brooke and Nora Linton.¹ He married Doris Isabella Ware, daughter of John Bull Ware, on 15 January 1927.¹ He died on 31 December 1976 at age 77.¹
     He held the office of Alderman for Tamworth City Council [New South Wales] between 1931 and 1948.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for New South Wales in 1934.¹