BROKE, Philip (1702-62), of Broke Hall, Suff.

Constituency	Dates
Ipswich	27 Jan. 1730

Family and Education

b. 1702, 1st s. of Robert Broke of Nacton by Elizabeth, da. of John Hewitt, of Waresley, Hunts. educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1726. m. (1) 1732, Anne, da. and coh. of Martin Bowes of Bury St. Edmunds, 1s.; (2) Alice, da. and eventually h. of Sir Comport Fytche, 2nd Bt., of Eltham, Kent, wid. of Sir John Barker, 6th Bt., of Sproughton, Suff., s.p. suc. fa. 1714.

Address

Main residence: Broke Hall, Suff.

biography text

Broke was descended from Sir Robert Broke (d. 1529), chief baron of the Exchequer, who built the family seat at Nacton, near Ipswich.1Copinger, Suff. Manors. iii. 68. Returned as a Tory after a contest at a by-election, he spoke against the Hessians on 4 Feb. 1730,2Winnington to Fox, Feb. [1730], Fox mss. voted consistently against the Government, but did not stand again. He died 21 Sept. 1762.

Author

R.R.S.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. Copinger, Suff. Manors. iii. 68.
2. Winnington to Fox, Feb. [1730], Fox mss.