Brooke Collection

Rupert Brooke, c. 1915
Photographic portrait of Rupert Chawner Brooke (1887-1915), the English poet, pictured c.1915

Rupert Brooke
RUPERT BROOKE English writer, in 1913

Countess of Warwick at sons wedding
The Countess of Warwick, Frances Evelyn Maynard, Lady Brooke, leaving St Margarets Church, Westminster, after the marriage of her son Lord Brooke (Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville)

Rupert Brooke
RUPERT BROOKE English writer, in 1913

Brooke and Suppliants
SIR JAMES BROOKE Rajah of Sarawak, listening to suppliants who come to him asking for his help or intervention

Tim Brooke-Taylor and Caroline Ellis
Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940-2020), English comic actor, pictured with British actress Caroline Ellis (1950-)

Churchill and Montgomery crossing the Rhine, 1945
British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, on the German-held east bank of the Rhine, with Field Marshall Montgomery (in beret) and Field Marshall Brooke (immediately behind Churchill)

Lord Brooke, later 6th Earl of Warwick
Lord Brooke (Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 1882-1928) who married Miss Elfrida Marjorie Eden on 29 April 1909 at St Margarets Church, Westminster

Winston Churchill and Sir Alan Brooke
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, left, chats with General Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, on the bridge of the warship which is carrying them to General Sir Bernard Montgomerys

Fire in Danbury Street, Islington, N1, with people trapped, on 25 May 1958. Showing the side of the building, with a shop at ground level

Lord Roberts inspects Rugby School OTC
Lord Roberts, former Commander-in-Chief of the British Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny, visits Rugby School in February 1906 where he inspects the schools Rifle Club

The Improved Ladys Own Sewing Machine by Leigh & Crawford, Brooke Street, Holborn, London EC. 19th century

Sir James Brooke / Census
SIR JAMES BROOKE Governor of Labuan, later Rajah of Sarawak, at a time when the overseas population of the British Empire numbered 139 million

Sir Charles Brooke / Vfair
SIR CHARLES ANTHONY JOHNSON BROOKE Second Rajah of Sarawak, after his uncle

Handels London Home
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL his London home, 57 Brooke Street

The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear Date: 1922

Woman and girl outside a shop, Handsworth, Birmingham. Date: circa 1910

Elfrida Marjorie Eden, later Countess of Warwick
Miss Elfrida Marjorie Eden (1887-1943), who married Lord Brooke (Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, later 6th Earl of Warwick) on 29 April 1909 at St Margarets Church, Westminster

Cynthia Brooke, actress
Cynthia Brooke, Australian born actress, (1875??1949) in the title role as the Second Mrs Tanqueray by Arthur Wing Pinero. Theatrical portrait in elaborate cloak, with feather boa

Laplanders and Reindeer brought to London by W Bullock Date: 1822

Cynthia Brooke as Paula Ray in The Second Mrs Tanqueray, by Pinero Date: 1890s

Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). A portrait by Leslie Brooke (1862-1940) of an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist born in India

Advertisement for Brookes Monkey Brand Household Soap
1890 UK Magazine Brookes Soap Advert Date: 1890

Photograph of Lord Brooke PH, Walthamstow, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Page in The Bystander magazine 1936 featuring photographs of four aristocratic children - David Greville, Lord Brooke, the future 8th Earl of Warwick (who sold Warwick Castle to Madame Tussaud s)

Sarawaks Hundred Years under rule of White Rajahs
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on a centenary of rule of the state of Sarawak in Malaysia by white rajahs, beginning in 1838 with James Brooke

Brookes rhododendron, Rhododendron javanicum ssp. brookeanum (Rhododendron brookeanum). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

The Queens Royal Visit to Northern Ireland
Various scenes from The Queen and the Duke of Edinburghs visit to Northern Ireland. Date: 1953

Sketch cover - the Ranee of Sarawak in Biarritz
Sylvia Leonora, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak, born The Hon. Sylvia Leonora Brett, (1885 - 1971). Married Charles Vyner Brooke in 1911

The Jumblies - Edward Lear - Endpapers featuring a Pelican, a Bong Tree and Kangaroo. Date: 1922

The Dong with a Luminous Nose - Edward Lear
The Dong wanders through the Bong Trees playing his pipe with his amazing luminous nose (woven out of the bark of a Twangum Tree) tied to his head with cords - nonsense poem by Edward Lear. Date: 1922

The Duck and the Kangaroo - Edward Lear. The Kangaroo leaps over the duck. Date: 1922

A Poker, A Shovel, a Pair of Tongs and a Brush
Smiling Fireplace tools - A Poker, A Shovel, a Pair of Tongs and a Brush. Date: 1922

The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses by Edward Lear
The Jumblies go to sea in a sieve - Nonsense verse by Edward Lear Date: 1922

Red Riding Hood, pantomime, with Decima Brooke, Maisie Jerrard, Will Lytton and Howard Ward, with ballets and marches arranged by John Tiller. circa 1907

Crufts Dog Show - dogs and owners
Crufts Dog Show -- sketches of winning dogs and their owners. circa 1899

Grave of Rupert Brooke in Skyros
Crosses on the Greek island of Skyros marking the grave of the English poet, Rupert Brooke (1887-1915), where he was buried having died a sea

Sir James Brooke / Edwards
SIR JAMES BROOKE Rajah of Sarawak

Frances Evelyn Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick
Frances Evelyn Daisy Greville, nee Maynard, Countess of WARWICK as Lady Brooke Date: 1861 - 1938

Lady Brooke with baby Charles Fulke Greville
Lady Brooke, formerly Elfrida Eden, with her baby son Charles Guy Fulke Greville, who became 7th Earl of Warwick, 7th Earl Brooke (4 March 1911 20 January 1984)

Cartoon, Promis d Horrors of the French Invasion, or, Forcible Reasons for negotiating a Regicide Peace, Vide, The Authority of Edmund Burke, by James Gillray

The Hon. Sylvia Brett
Sylvia Leonora, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak, born The Hon. Sylvia Leonora Brett, (1885 - 1971). Married Charles Vyner Brooke in 1911

Four characters from Shakespeares Richard III -- Gustavus Vaughan Brooke (1818-1866, top and bottom left), Irish actor, as the Duke of Gloucester and Richard III (the same role)

Hear the Calling of the Moon by Pierrot, with a quotation from a poem by Rupert Brooke. 1925

Margaret Denham - 3
MARGARET, lady DENHAM (nee Brooke), second wife of sir John Denham, mistress of James II, holding a basket of flowers. Date: 1646 - 1667

Margaret Denham - 4
MARGARET, lady DENHAM (nee Brooke), second wife of Sir John Denham, mistress of James II. Date: 1646 - 1667

Margaret Denham - 2
MARGARET, lady DENHAM (nee Brooke), second wife of sir John Denham, mistress of James II. Date: 1646 - 1667

Margaret Lady Denham
Margaret (nee Brooke) lady DENHAM second wife of sir John Denham, the poet Date: 1646 - 1667

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