Thomas Brooke-Hitching

Sir Thomas Henry Brooke-Hitching (1858 – 4 February 1926)[1] was a British businessman and Conservative politician in London.

[3] He was elected a Sheriff of the City of London in 1902 (serving October 1902 to September 1903), together with George Wyatt Truscott.

[2] He was made a Knight Bachelor while he was sheriff, in the November 1902 Birthday Honours list,[4] and was knighted by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 18 December 1902.

[5] During his year as Sheriff, he accompanied the Lord Mayor (Sir Marcus Samuel) on an official visit to the English city Newcastle upon Tyne (November 1902), where they made a journey down the River Tyne, and visited the Elswick works.

[1] He was on the Commission for the Lieutenancy for City of London from November 1902,[8] and received several foreign awards during his years in the City, including Officer of the Legion of Honour of France, Officer of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium, Grand Cross of the Order of St Sava from the Kingdom of Serbia, and the Order of Prince Danilo I from the Kingdom of Montenegro.