Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet (died 1664) was an English soldier and politician.

[2] At the outbreak of the Civil War, Henry Brooke declared his support for Parliament in 1642 by signing the Cheshire Remonstrance.

[3] In 1643 he was appointed a colonel in the parliamentary army and in 1644 he was made High Sheriff of Cheshire, a post he held for four years.

The following month Sir Henry's forces besieged Halton Castle which was surrendered after three weeks.

He was imprisoned in Chester Castle but with the coming of the Restoration he was released and made the 1st Baronet of Norton Priory by Charles II in 1662.