Robin Brook

For the New Zealand rugby player, see Robin Brooke. For people with a similar name, see Robin Brooks (disambiguation).

Sir
Robin Brook
CMG OBE
Personal information
Born(1908-06-19)19 June 1908
Southwark, London, England
Died25 October 1998(1998-10-25) (aged 90)
Westminster, London, England
Sport
SportFencing

Sir Ralph Ellis "Robin" Brook CMG OBE (19 June 1908 – 25 October 1998)[1] was a British merchant banker and a director of the Bank of England. His wife Helen Brook was founder of the Brook Advisory Centres.[1]

As a fencer, he competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.[2] In 1936, he won the sabre title at the British Fencing Championships.[3]

The son of a surgeon, Brook was educated, through scholarships, at Eton College and subsequently at King's College, Cambridge, where he studied under Maynard Keynes, earning a double first in Economics.[1]

Honours

Brook was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 2 August 1945,[4] and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1954 New Year Honours.[5]

He was knighted in the 1974 New Year Honours for services to export, in his role as President of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Vines, Colin (19 November 1998). "Sir Robin Brook obituary". The Independent. London. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Robin Brook Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  3. ^ "British Champions" (PDF). British Fencing. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Supplement to The London Gazette, 31 July 1945" (PDF). The London Gazette. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  5. ^ UK list: "No. 40053". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1953. p. 4.
  6. ^ "No. 46162". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1973. p. 1.


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