Edward Drake Brockman

Edward Drake Brockman (20 December 1793 – 5 November 1858)[1] was a British barrister and Whig politician.[2]

Edward Drake Brockman
Beachborough House, Kent - the Drake-Brockman family seat
Member of Parliament
for Hythe
In office
31 July 1847  28 March 1857
Preceded byStewart Marjoribanks
Succeeded byJohn William Ramsden
Personal details
Born20 December 1793
Died5 November 1858(1858-11-05) (aged 64)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig
ParentJames Drake-Brockman

Brockman was a younger son of James Drake Brockman of Beachborough, near Hythe, Kent, High Sheriff of Kent for 1791.[3] He studied law at the Inner Temple and was called to the bar in 1819, becoming Recorder of Folkestone.[4]

He was elected Whig MP for Hythe at the 1847 general election and held the seat until 1857, when he did not stand in that year's general election.[5]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  2. Ollivier, John (1848). "Alphabetical List of the House of Commons". Ollivier's Parliamentary and Political Directory for the Session 1841, 1848. p. 17. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1. p. 144.
  4. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. p. 136.
  5. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.


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