Introduction

Biography

Brooks was edu­cat­ed at King Ed­ward’s School, Bir­ming­ham, and Gon­ville & Cai­us Col­lege, Cam­bridge (BA 1st Class, Tri­pos, 1893; dea­con 1895; priest 1896).

He held a num­ber of dif­fer­ent posts:

• Curate, St. Au­gus­tine’s, Ber­mon­dsey (1895–96)
• Curate, St. Pe­ter’s, Ed­in­burgh (1898)
• Curate, St. John’s Ed­in­burgh (1905)
• Priest-in-Charge, St. Mat­thew’s, Ed­in­burgh (1909)
• Rector, St. An­drew’s, Ed­in­burgh (1910)
• Priest-in-Charge, Ba­ler­no (1926)