[2] When Namier died in 1960, Brooke succeeded him as editor of the section dealing with 1754 to 1790.
[3] From 1964, he was Senior Editor of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
He was co-author with Namier of a biography of Charles Townshend, and author of The Chatham Administration, a study of politics in the early years of George III's reign.
He was also the author of a leading biography of King George III, published in 1972.
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