James Henry Brooks
1831–1920
Colonial civil servant. Son of James Henry Brooks, surgeon, of Henley-upon-Thames. Studied at Guy’s Hospital, 1851; MRCSEng 1854. Surgeon to 1st Royal Regiment, Lancashire Militia, 1857. Medical officer, Seychelles, from 1858 until his retirement in 1883.
Sources
Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1566/165/14)
Colonial Office list
Medical Directory 1857
Oxfordshire, England, Church of England births and baptisms, 1813–1915 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 5 September 2019)
The Times, 12 June 1920, p.1
Bibliography
Colonial Office list: The Colonial Office list … or, general register of the colonial dependencies of Great Britain. London: Edward Stanford; Harrison & Sons. 1862–99.
Medical directory: The London medical directory … every physician, surgeon, and general practitioner resident in London. London: C. Mitchell. 1845. The London and provincial medical directory. London: John Churchill. 1848–60. The London & provincial medical directory, inclusive of the medical directory for Scotland, and the medical directory for Ireland, and general medical register. London: John Churchill. 1861–9. The medical directory … including the London and provincial medical directory, the medical directory for Scotland, the medical directory for Ireland. London: J. & A. Churchill. 1870–1905.
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