ROOKE Vice Admiral Sir George (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, December 27, 2014, 22:41 (3613 days ago) @ rookancestrybest

Hi R,
for the second time today I find myself reading forum threads about British military men, all stirring stuff, and all very interesting to me.
Apologies for not being conversant with the above Rooke family lines, I haven't studied their trees at all, and so may have missed an important post, but I'd like to try and help with your query. Please can you clarify why you think the FoD/Broadwell Rook family maybe related to Sir George Rook ?. Does another forum thread mention this ?. I ask as presumably you think they have a link to Kent ?. I see Charles Rooke has links to Essex, near Kent, plus India which suggests a military family, but any more clues would be helpful, thanks. I ask as the various online references all indicate Sir George Rooke was born and died in Canterbury, eg
"was heir to, was the son of Sir William Rooke, the descendant of an ancient and honourable family in the county of Kent, and born in the year 1650."
http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9780511731877&cid=CBO9780511731877A010

Excellent family background info here, as I'm sure you've seen
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/rooke-sir-george-1650-...
http://www.ashefamily.info/ashefamily/4243.htm

Thankyou.