The Brocklebank Baronetcy, of Greenlands in the County of Cumberland and Springwood in the County of Lancaster, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 July 1885 for Thomas Brocklebank. He was a Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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, High Sheriff

High Sheriff

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 and Justice of the Peace

Justice of the Peace

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 for Cumberland

Cumberland

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. Born Thomas Fisher, he had assumed by Royal license the surname of Brocklebank (which was that of his maternal grandfather) in lieu of Fisher in 1845. His grandson, the third Baronet, was a Director of the Cunard Steamship Company, of the Suez Canal Company

Suez Canal Company

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 and of the Great Western Railway

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. His eldest son, the fourth Baronet, died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Baronet. He was Chairman of Cunard Ltd

Cunard Line

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 and Cunard White Star Ltd

Cunard Line

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 between 1959 and 1965. As of 2007 the title is held by his son, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1974. Going through the records held at the marritime museum in liverpool, the brocklebanks had strong links to The Royal Liverpool Seaman's Orphanage Institution, and other seafaring charities, this building was later purchased by the newly formed NHS and became Newsham Park Hospital

Newsham Park Hospital

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Brocklebank Baronets, of Greenlands and Springwood (1885)

• Sir Thomas Brocklebank, 1st Baronet (1814–1906)
• Sir Thomas Brocklebank, 2nd Baronet (1848–1911)
• Sir Aubrey Brocklebank, 3rd Baronet (1873–1929)
• Sir Thomas Aubrey Lawies Brocklebank, 4th Baronet (1899–1953)
• Sir John Montague Brocklebank, 5th Baronet (1915–1974)
• Sir Aubrey Thomas Brocklebank, 6th Baronet (b. 1952

Sir Aubrey has three sons: Aubrey Thomas William Brocklebank (b.1980), Hamish John Brocklebank and Archie Thomas Brocklebank (b.1998).