Edward Drake Brockman

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

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

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.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Hythe
1847–1857 		Succeeded by


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