The son of Lieut-Colonel H J Brockman. He was educated at St George's Hospital, where he was a contemporary of Pickering Pick (qv), John Cavafy, and T T Whipham. He also studied at the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, and was Prosector at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1865. He passed first into and first out of Netley, and joined the Indian Medical Service in 1866 with a special recommendation to the Government of India. He was stationed for his period of service at Madras, where he made a reputation as an Ophthalmologist. For many years he was Superintendent of the Eye Infirmary, Madras; Fellow of the University of Madras; and Professor of Physiology and of Diseases of the Eye at the Madras Medical College. In 1882-1883 he appears to have changed his name to Drake-Brockman. The dates of his appointments in the Indian Medical Service are: Assistant Surgeon, October 1st, 1866; Surgeon, July 1st, 1873; Surgeon Major, October 1st, 1878; Brigade Surgeon, April 21st, 1890. He retired from the service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on April 4th, 1894, having received a special tribute of appreciation of his work from the Madras Government. He then practised at 14 Welbeck Street, London, was a Member of the Medical Board, India Office, from August, 1897, to June, 1900, and a Representative on the Council of the British Medical Association, on the Central Council, and on the Parliamentary Bills Committee. He was compelled to retire from all work by severe illness early in 1916, and he died at Hatch End on May 1st, 1919. He was survived by a widow, three sons (of whom one was a medical man) and a married daughter. His brother was Ralph Thomas Brockman, of Sandgate, whose grandson, R St Leger Brockman, FRCS, practised at Sheffield. Publications:- Drake-Brockman contributed extensively to the literature of his subject, mostly in the *Ophthalmic Review*. His publications include:- "Report of 22 Cases of Cataract Operated on by the Modified Linear Extraction." -*Madras Med. Jour.*, xl. This describes an operation devised by himself. "Chronic Tuberculosis Complicated with Dengue." - *Ibid.*, vii.