[3] Brooke Robinson first stood for Parliament at Dudley in 1885 when he was defeated by the long-established sitting MP, Henry Brinsley Sheridan.
Robinson was the first local man to be elected as MP for Dudley since Thomas Hawkes resigned the position in 1844.
[7] Robinson was a supporter of an 8 hour working day, free education, reform of the Poor Law and industrial arbitration.
[8] Brooke Robinson died on 20 October 1911 at his home, Barford House,[9] which is near Warwick, and was buried at St Thomas’s Church, Dudley.
[8] Brooke Robinson left a sum of money as well as his collection of art, furniture, ceramics, and other items for the benefit of the town of Dudley.