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Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
The
Brocklebank Baronetcy
, of Greenlands in the parish of Irton in the
County of Cumberland
and Springwood in the
County Palatine of Lancaster
, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
. It was created on 22 July 1885 for Thomas Brocklebank.
[1]
He was a
deputy lieutenant
,
high sheriff
and
justice of the peace
for
Cumberland
. Born Thomas Fisher, he had assumed by Royal licence the surname of Brocklebank (which was that of his maternal grandfather) in lieu of Fisher in 1845.
[2]
The Brocklebank family business was
T&J Brocklebank Ltd
, a shipping company formed early in the 19th century by the sons of
Daniel Brocklebank
. In 1911, a large shareholding in the company was sold to Edward Bates and Son, and a further acquisition then gave
Cunard
a controlling interest in Brocklebanks in 1912.
[3]
The third Baronet was a director of the Cunard Steamship Company of the
Suez Canal Company
and of the
Great Western Railway
. His eldest son, the fourth Baronet, died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Baronet. He was chairman of
Cunard Ltd
and
Cunard White Star Ltd
between 1959 and 1965. As of 2024, the title is held by his son, Sir Aubrey Brocklebank, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1974. He is the honorary treasurer of the
Standing Council of the Baronetage
.
[4]
Brocklebank baronets, of Greenlands and Springwood (1885)
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Sir Aubrey has two surviving sons:
Aubrey William Thomas Brocklebank
(born 1980), and Hamish John Brocklebank (born 1987). A third son Archie Thomas Brocklebank (born 19 August 1999) died 28 April 2019.
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