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Samuel Brooks (12 August 1793 – 7 June 1864) was an English cotton manufacturer and banker. He was born at Great Harwood, near Whalley in Lancashire, England, the second son of William Brooks. In 1815 he became a partner in his father’s Blackburn-based business, Cunliffe Brooks & Co. This business supplied cotton 〔Sayers, R. S. (1957) ''Lloyds Bank in the History of English Banking''. London: OUP; p. 331〕 and/or textile equipment,〔Brackenbury〕 and also ran a bank as a sideline. Around 1819 his father set up Samuel and his two brothers as junior partners in three separate firms of calico printers in Manchester. Samuel opened a small branch of his father’s bank in a corner of his warehouse. Gradually, banking became his principal activity, and in 1826 the bank moved to its own premises. It soon became established as one of Manchester’s leading banks.〔 In 1900 it was absorbed by Lloyd's Bank to provide them with a presence in the Manchester area.〔Sayers, R. S. (1957) ''Lloyds Bank in the History of English Banking''. London: OUP; pp. 12, 14, 147, 281 and 331〕 Subsequently Brooks established the first housing estates in Whalley Range (which he named) and Brooklands (which acquired its name from common usage). ==Manchester and Leeds Railway== In 1830, Brooks chaired the first meeting of the promoters of the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR). Subsequently he became its first deputy chairman.〔Marshall, John (1970) ''The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway'', Vol. 2. Newton Abbot: David and Charles; quoted by Brackenbury〕〔Wells, Jeffrey (2000), ''The Eleven Towns Railway: The Story of the Manchester and Leeds Main Line'', pages 11, 71 Railway and Canal Historical Society〕 Initially the M&LR placed its Manchester terminus at Oldham Road but they had a firm plan to establish a station more centrally. Samuel Brooks had purchased land at Hunts Bank and in August 1838 he informed the board that,"...if you require any portion of that land, you shall have it on reasonable terms". He went on to pledge that the company would not be prejudiced by his holding the land, and that he had offers in hand but would not sell until he knew the board's intentions. The board gratefully accepted this offer.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Brooks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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