John Baguley Brooks

John Baguley Brooks (1856 - March 8, 1886) was a British Conservative member of parliament.

He was the only son of the Rev. John Brooks, rector of Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire and Anne Jones. He was educated at Harrow School and Merton College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize in 1877. He graduated with honours from the School of History and Political Economy. ["Biographies of the Candidates", The Times, November 26, 1885, p.3]

In 1885 he was elected MP for the newly created constituency of Altrincham. However he fell ill at his home in Eaton Place on the evening of March 3, 1886, on his return from the House of Commons and died of "congestion of the lungs" five days later. ["Obituary", The Times, March 10, 1886, p.8]

He was succeeded in the Altrincham seat by his uncle, William Cunliffe Brooks.

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