Dictionary of Indian Biography/Brooke, Robert
BROOKE, ROBERT (1746?–1802?)
Son of Robert Brooke: entered the E. I. Co.'s Bengal Army in 1764: engaged at the battle of Baxar and under Lord Clive against Kasim Ali and Shuja-ud-daula and against Hyder Ali of Mysore in 1768–9: put down a revolt in Kora, and was made Collector: served in the Raj-mahal hills against the Mahrattas, and in the Rohilla war: his services terminated in 1775: lost his money in attempting to establish cotton manufacture in Ireland: Governor of St. Helena, 1787–1801: died soon after his retirement.