Born 19 February 1839 at Waterside North, Lincoln, the son of William Henry Brook, who had come to Lincoln County Hospital as a house surgeon and had married Miss Winn, the only daughter of John Winn, a brewer in the town. Charles Brook was educated privately at a school kept by Miss Richards, first

Born on March 7th, 1839, was the second son and third child of Edward Brunning and Maria Marsh. His father came of an old-established East Anglian farmer stock, his mother had been the widow of a farmer in the immediate neighbourhood. The children were born at The Heath, Homersfield, an ancient Suff