Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw

Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw, DL (15 May 1825 – 5 February 1908) was a British peer.

Monochrome photograph
Lord Crawshaw dressed in coronation robes, 1902

Brooks was the son of John Brooks, a quarry owner, of Crawshaw Hall, Lancashire. He served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1884. In 1891 he was created a Baronet, of Crawshaw Hall in the County of Lancaster, and in 1892 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Crawshaw, of Crawshaw in the County of Lancaster.

1892 Rossendale by-election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Maden 6,066 55.6 +13.4
Liberal Unionist Thomas Brooks 4,841 44.4 −13.4
Majority 1,225 11.2 N/A
Turnout 10,907 93.4 +11.8
Registered electors 11,679
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +13.4

Lord Crawshaw died in February 1908, aged 82, and was succeeded in his titles by his son William Brooks, 2nd Baron Crawshaw. His younger son, Marshall, was a skilled sportsman, having been British Amateur High Jump champion in 1874 and 1876, world record holder for the High Jump on three occasions, as well as having represented England in rugby union in 1874.

Coat of arms
Coat of arms of Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw
Notes
Coat of arms of the Brooks family
Coronet
A coronet of a Baron
Crest
A Demi Lion proper maned Argent charged on the shoulder with a Fountain and holding in the paws a Pheon in bend sinister proper stringed Or
Escutcheon
Argent three Bars wavy Azure a Cross Fleury Erminois in chief a Fountain
Supporters
Dexter: a Stag Argent; Sinister: a Horse Argent, each collared wavy Azure and suspended from the collar an Escutcheon Erminois charged with a Fountain
Motto
Finem Respice (Consider the end)

References
  1. The Times, 25 January 1892 p7
  2. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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