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     Sir Edward Clitherow Brooksbank, 1st Bt. was born on 24 November 1858.¹ He was the son of Edward Brooksbank and Lucy Mary York.¹ He married Katherine Graham Lang, daughter of Hugh Morris Lang, on 8 April 1885.¹ He died on 24 November 1943 at age 85.¹
     He graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).¹ He was Major of the 8th Volunteer Battalion, West Riding Regiment.¹ He gained the rank of Honorary Major in the service of the Yorkshire Artillery.¹ He was invested as a Officer, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (O.St.J.).¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for the West Riding, Yorkshire.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of the West Riding, Yorkshire.¹ He was created 1st Baronet Brooksbank, of Healaugh Manor, co. York [U.K.] on 15 September 1919.¹

     Katherine Graham Lang was the daughter of Hugh Morris Lang.¹ She married Sir Edward Clitherow Brooksbank, 1st Bt., son of Edward Brooksbank and Lucy Mary York, on 8 April 1885.¹ She died on 22 April 1939.¹
      Her married name became Brooksbank.

     Hugh Morris Lang lived at Broadmeadows, Selkirk, Scotland.¹

     Alice Sherard was born in 1659.² She was the daughter of Richard Sherard and Margaret Dewe.^1,3 She married Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Bt., son of Sir Richard Brownlow, 2nd Bt. and Elizabeth Freke, on 27 March 1676 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.³ She died on 27 July 1721.³
      From 27 March 1676, her married name became Brownlow.

     Richard Sherard married Margaret Dewe, daughter of Lumley Dewe.² He died on 12 September 1668.³
     He lived at Lobthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.¹

     Geoffrey Mark Dent-Brocklehurst was born circa 1932.² He was the son of Major John Henry Dent-Brocklehurst and Mary Morrison.² He married Mary Elizabeth Chipps, daughter of Dr. Henry Davis Chipps, before 1972.¹ He died in 1972, from a heart attack.^1,2
      Geoffrey Mark Dent-Brocklehurst usually went by his middle name of Mark.³ He lived at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England.¹

     John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter was born on 15 May 1674.¹ He was the son of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter and Lady Anne Cavendish.¹ He married, firstly, Annabella Bennet, daughter of John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston, on 9 February 1697.¹ He married, secondly, Elizabeth Brownlow, daughter of Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Bt. and Alice Sherard, on 19 September 1699.² He died on 24 December 1721 at age 47.¹
     He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland.¹ He succeeded to the title of 6th Earl of Exeter [E., 1605] on 29 August 1700.¹ He succeeded to the title of 7th Baron of Burghley, co. Northampton [E., 1571] on 29 August 1700.¹

     Annabella Bennet was the daughter of John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston.¹ She married John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter, son of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter and Lady Anne Cavendish, on 9 February 1697.¹ She died in August 1698.¹
      Her married name became Cecil.

     John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston was the son of Sir John Bennet and Dorothy Crofts.¹ He married, secondly, Bridget Howe, daughter of John Grubham Howe and Lady Annabella Scrope.² He died in 1688.
     He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.).¹ He was created 1st Baron Ossulston in 1682. He lived at Dawley, London, England.¹

     Elizabeth Brownlow was born on 18 May 1681.¹ She was the daughter of Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Bt. and Alice Sherard. She married John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter, son of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter and Lady Anne Cavendish, on 19 September 1699.¹ She died on 28 November 1723 at age 42.¹
      Her married name became Cecil.