page_title: The Brocks of Cambridge
section_title: Religion and politics
hierarchical_section_title: The Brocks of Cambridge / Religion and politics
caption_attribution_description: English: Cambridge - St Andrews Street - View SSE along St Andrews Street Baptist Church 1903 by George and Reginald Palmer Baines
context_page_description: The Brocks were family of artists in Cambridge at the end of the Victorian Era, throughout the Edwardian era and the Interwar period. The four brothers were professional painters and illustrators. Two brothers gained a large reputation with their illustrations for the works of Jane Austen and others English classics. One brother secured an honours degree in Mathematics, a huge achievement at the time for someone from a lower-middle-class background. The three sisters had a much lower profile, in accordance with the social norms of the time. At least one of the sisters was a capable artist and poet, but it is not clear to what extent she earned her living from her art. The biographer of the family, Clifford Michael Kelly started out with the intention of writing just about Charles and Henry, the most famous of them, but realised that all the siblings worked together and supported each other.
context_section_description: All of the Brocks were involved with the St. Andrew's Street Baptist Chapel. Worship had begun in a former stable and granary on the site in 1721. This was replaced by a larger chapel in 1764, and gain in 1836. The present building was designed by the architects George and Reginald Palmer Baines in 1903. The Brocks had helped with fund raising for the building of the new Chapel in 1903. Bertha and Katharine manned stalls at the Puritan Bazaar in the Guildhall to raise money for the new chapel, while the brothers performed in the concert. All four brothers, and Charles' wife were at the church to received the Free Church Summer School in August 1907. Katharine was the president of the Girls Guild at St. Andrews. As noted above, the Brocks were frequent contributors to social functions and concerts at St. Andrew's. Thomas was a member of the Robert Hall Baptist student society, which met at St. Andrews.
  In politics the family were Liberal. Charles was an Assenter for the nomination of the Liberal candidate in the 1906. General Election of 1906 Edmund and three of his sons were recorded as attending the Guildhall meeting for the Liberal Party candidate in 1909. The brothers were members of the Liberal Club, with an address in Downing Street in Cambridge. Thomas played for the club in the Cambridge Billiard League. and was one of the chief subscribers for a cash presentation for club's caretaker when he retired in 1920.
caption: The Baptist Church in St; Andrew's Street that the Brocks attended.
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