Thomas Brooke Jr.
Thomas Brooke Jr. | |
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Brooke family coat of arms | |
| 2nd Governor of Restored Proprietary Government | |
| In office 1720–1720 | |
| Preceded by | John Hart |
| Succeeded by | Charles Calvert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1659 near Nottingham, Prince George's County, Maryland, in Calvert (after 1696 Prince George's) Co., Maryland |
| Died | 7 Jan 1731 Nottingham, Prince George's County, Maryland |
| Profession | Governor |
Colonel Thomas Brooke Jr. of Brookefield (1660 – 1731) was President of the Council in Maryland and acting 13th Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland. He was the son of Major Thomas Brooke Sr. and Esquire and his second wife Eleanor Hatton who later remarried Col. Henry Darnall. He was grandson of the Reverend Robert Brooke Sr., who had similarly held the office briefly during the Cromwellian period in 1652.
In 1720, he was elected President of the Governor's Council, (upper house of the colonial Maryland General Assembly) and acting (12th), Governor of Maryland from the departure of 11th Gov. John Hart until the arrival of Charles Calvert, fifth Lord Baltimore. Brooke Jr. was replaced as the 14th governor by Captain Charles Calvert, cousin of the Lord Baltimore, and a Calvert family loyalist.