Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor
The Lord Brooke of Cumnor | |
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Brooke in 1950 | |
| Shadow Home Secretary | |
| In office 16 October 1964 – 29 October 1964 | |
| Leader | Alec Douglas-Home |
| Preceded by | George Brown |
| Succeeded by | Edward Boyle |
| Home Secretary | |
| In office 14 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home |
| Preceded by | Rab Butler |
| Succeeded by | Frank Soskice |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 9 October 1961 – 14 July 1962 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | John Boyd-Carpenter |
| Minister of Housing, Local Government and Welsh Affairs | |
| In office 13 January 1957 – 9 October 1961 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Duncan Sandys |
| Succeeded by | Charles Hill |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 28 July 1954 – 13 January 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill Anthony Eden |
| Preceded by | John Boyd-Carpenter |
| Succeeded by | Enoch Powell |
| Member of Parliament for Hampstead | |
| In office 23 February 1950 – 10 March 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Challen |
| Succeeded by | Ben Whitaker |
| Member of Parliament for Lewisham West | |
| In office 24 November 1938 – 15 June 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Philip Dawson |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Skeffington |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 April 1903 Oxford, England |
| Died | 29 March 1984 (aged 80) Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | The Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
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Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor, CH, PC (9 April 1903 – 29 March 1984) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General from 1961 to 1962 and — following the "Night of the Long Knives" — as Home Secretary from 1962 to 1964.