Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor

The Right Honourable The Lord Brooke of Cumnor CH PC
Brooke in 1950
Home Secretary
In office 14 July 1962 – 16 October 1964
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	Rab Butler
Succeeded by	Sir Frank Soskice
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 9 October 1961 – 13 July 1962
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	John Boyd-Carpenter
Member of Parliament for Hampstead
In office 23 February 1950 – 10 March 1966
Preceded by	Charles Challen
Succeeded by	Ben Whitaker
Member of Parliament for Lewisham West
In office 24 November 1938 – 15 June 1945
Preceded by	Philip Dawson
Succeeded by	Arthur Skeffington
Personal details
Born	(1903-04-09)9 April 1903 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Died	29 March 1984(1984-03-29) (aged 80) Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	The Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford

Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor, CH, PC (9 April 1903 – 29 March 1984) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General from 1961 to 1962 and — following the "Night of the Long Knives" — as Home Secretary from 1962 to 1964.^[1]