David Brooks (lord mayor)

Sir Arthur David Brooks, GBE (6 March 1864 – 7 April 1930) was Lord Mayor of Birmingham in 1917, 1918, and 1919.[1]

A solicitor, he was elected to the Birmingham City Council in 1901 as a Conservative and was elected an alderman in 1911.[2] In 1917, he was elected Lord Mayor in succession to Neville Chamberlain, who had been appointed Director of National Service.[2] He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1918 "For services in connection with the War".[3]

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References
  1. "Brooks, Sir (Arthur) David". Who's Who & Who Was Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. "The King's Birthday Honours". Birmingham Daily Post. 8 June 1918. p. 11.
  3. "No. 30730". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 4 June 1918. p. 6685.
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