Person DS/UK/702 Brooke; Charles (1777-1852); Jesuit Priest Brooke Charles 1777-1852 Jesuit Priest Male Born 8 August 1777 Exeter. Ordained as a Roman Catholic priest 12 June 1802. Entered the ( restored) English Province of the Society of Jesus 26 September 1803. Final vows in the Society of Jesus 18 September 1818. Died 6 October 1852 Exeter.

Brooke was born in the "Mint," Exeter, was educated at the English Academy at Liege and took part in tghe emigration to Stonyhurst in 1794. He was ordained at Maynooth, Ireland, by Archbishop Troy in 1802 and entered the newly restored Society at the Novitiate opened in 1803 in 1803. Until 1817 Brooke was a Professor and Prefect of Studies at Stonyhurst, he then became missioner at Clayton, Enfield, and built the chapel there. On 26 February 1826 he was decalred Provincial, and remained in that office until 28 May 1832. On 17 April 1828 he laid the first stone of the new Seminary, or House of Studies, adjacent to Stonyhurst College. of which he was appointed Superior 30 July 1834, and subsequently became Spiritual Father of both houses, besides being Consultor of the Province, and teaching the London University course of studies. He was appointed Visitor of Ireland by the Rev Fr General in June 1842 and returned from that duty in July 1843. After filling the office of Rector os St Aloysius' College, he was sent to Exeter 11 September 1845, to gather materials for a continuation of the history of the English Province from 1635, to which period Fr Henry More's history extended. He died at Exeter, age 75. Member of the English Province of the Society of Jesus Br Henry Foley SJ, Volume 7 Part 1, Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus, London: Burns and Oates, 1883 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes Assistant2 17/11/2015 Assistant2 18/11/2015 52cd1596-acf5-491f-a5ba-7bb5073f467d