page_title: The Elms, Abberley
section_title: The Brooke family
hierarchical_section_title: The Elms, Abberley / The Brooke family
caption_attribution_description: English: Marriage of Sir Richard Brooke and Lady Marion Brooke, 1912
context_page_description: The Elms Hotel in Abberley, Worcestershire is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1710 by the architect Thomas White of Worcester who was a pupil of Sir Christopher Wren. It was the home of several notable families over the next two centuries and is now a hotel.
context_section_description: Sir Richard Christopher Brooke 9th Baronet (1888-1981) and Lady Marion Dorothea Brooke lived at the Elms between 1916 and 1946. They rented the house for some years and then bought it in 1927. Richard was born in 1888. He was the eldest son and heir of Sir Richard Marcus Brooke 8th Baronet of Norton Priory. He was educated at Eton College, Windsor. He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Scots Guards. He succeeded as the 9th Baronet Brooke, of Norton Priory in 1920. In 1923 he graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University with a Master of Arts. He held the office of County Councillor for Worcestershire between 1928 and 1946 and the office of Justice of the Peace for Worcestershire in 1929. In 1931 he held the office of High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
  In 1912 he married Marion Dorothea Innes-Cross who was the daughter of Arthur Charles Innes-Cross of Dromantine House, County Down. The couple had two children, one daughter and one son.
  After they bought the house in 1927 they added two large projecting wings to the entrance front. They decided to turn The Elms into a horse racing stud and the Brookes family was frequently mentioned in the newspapers. Their most famous horse was “King Salmon” who came second in the 2000 guineas and the Derby as a three year old.
  In 1946 the Brooke family sold the Elms and it became a hotel. It still serves this function today.
caption: Sir Richard Brooke and Lady Marion Brooke wedding 1912
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