JUDGE DAVID TUCKER BROOKE.
Judge Brooke was born in the city of Richmond, Virginia, on April
28, 1852. He is a son of Henry Laurence Brooke, who was born in Stafford
county, Virginia, and who died in March, 1873, aged sixty-six
years. His mother was Virginia Tucker Brooke, born in Jefferson
county, died October 7, 1864, aged forty-seven years. His elder brothers,
St. George T. Brooke and Frank J. Brooke, served in the late war,
C. S. A., and the first-named was severely wounded at Haws Shop.
Judge Brooke attended the Loudoun school at Middleburg, Virginia,
Virginius Dabney principal, until 1870, then the University of Virginia,
sessions of 1870 and 1871; taught school in Stafford county,
Jefferson county, and at Norfolk nine years, studied law under the late
Tazewell Taylor in Norfolk, was admitted to the Bar in 1874, and practiced
in Norfolk city until elected to the Bench. He is present judge of
corporation court, Norfolk city, having been elected to fill vacancy
in January, 1884, and re-elected for another term in 1887.
He married in Norfolk, April 7, 1880, Lucy Borland Higgins, of that
city. Their children are named Lucy Drummond, Eloise Minor, Henry
Laurence and Mary Walton. Mrs. Brooke is a daughter of Ignatius
Higgins, who was born in Norfolk, and died there in 1855 of yellow
fever, aged thirty-five years. Her mother, whose maiden name was
Jane Drummond, was born in Norfolk, and died in 1869.
