Robert Brooke (Virginia governor)

Robert Brooke
10th Governor of Virginia
In office
December 1, 1794 – December 1, 1796
Preceded byHenry Lee III
Succeeded byJames Wood
Attorney General of Virginia
In office
1796 – February 27, 1800
Preceded byJohn Whitaker Willis
Succeeded byPhilip Norborne Nicholas
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Spotsylvania County
In office
October 17, 1791 – November 30, 1794
Preceded byJohn Marshall
Succeeded byMann Page
Personal details
Bornc. 1751 (1751)
Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, British America
Died (aged about 49)
Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
SpouseMary Ritchie Hopper
ChildrenRichard Brooke
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
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Robert Brooke (c. 1751 – February 27, 1800) was a Virginia planter, soldier, lawyer, and politician who served as the tenth Governor of Virginia as well as in the Virginia House of Delegates, and as Attorney General of Virginia at the time of his death.[1]

  1. ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. Vol. 2, p. 46.

Robert Brooke (Virginia governor)

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