In 1939 he was at school at Junior Kings School, Miliner Court, Sturry, Bridge-Blean, Kent:

First name(s)  Last name(s)  DOB  Sex  Occupation  Marital status  Schedule  Schedule Sub Number
Giles Hugh     Rooke         28 Oct 1930  Male  At School  Single  1         54

1939 ref: RG101/1801H/003/10
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His death index from FindMyPast:

Title              Mr
First name(s)      Giles Hugh
Last name          Rooke
Sex                Male
Age                87
Birth year         1930
Birth date         28 Oct 1930
Death year         2017
Death date         27 Jan 2017
Residence          Canterbury
Area               Canterbury
Geo direction      South East
Postcode area      CT
Postcode district  CT4
Postcode sector    CT4 5
County             Kent
Country            England
Record set         England & Wales Deaths 2007-2020
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From the London Gazette:

he was appointed QC on 24th April 1979.


He was in the Territorial Army:  (No 408418)

1951 2 Lt in Regular Army Nat Serv List to be 2 Lt in TA.
1952 From 2 Lt to Acting Lt in RA.
1953 Acting Lt. with R Regt of Artillery.
1954 Acting Capt.
1957 Capt with seniority from 19th Aug 1954
1958 Acting Maj.
1961 Transferred from RA to Sharpshooters with same rank and seniority
1963 Similar transfer to Roy. Arm. Corps, K.C.L.Y.
1964 Maj, with TD, in TA, K.C.L.Y. wef Oct 1958.
1965 Maj. TD, on unattached List
1965 Maj. TD to Territorial Reserve of Officers.
1966 Maj. in the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers.
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Notices in The Times:

6 Jun 1956: Bar Examination Results, Class 2, Division 2:  G H Rooke

6 Feb 1957: Called to the Bar: G H Rooke, B.A., Exeter C., Oxf.

1961: Acted for the Crown in an criminal appeal to the Appeal Court, which was allowed.

Engagement on October 15, 1968:
Mr. Giles Rooke and Miss Anne Perrett
The engagement is announced between Giles Hugh, son of the late Charles Rooke, C.M.G., and of Mrs. Irene Rooke, of Bridge, and Anne Bernadette Seymour, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Perrett. of Whitstable.

1975: He was appointed a Recorder from the South Eastern Circuit.
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His admission to Lincoln’s Inn in 1954, p. 558 of the Lincoln’s Inn Admissions register, vol 3:

“1958
“Vol 28
“Nov 16
“Giles Hugh Rooke of Exeter Coll., Ox. and of 9 South Canterbury Road, Canterbury ( 24) s. of Charles Eustace Rooke of Corbeaux, Puckle Lane, Canterbury, Colonial Civil Servant, decd.”
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His probate index:

Surname  First name  Date of probate  Probate number  Date of death    Document type   Registry
ROOKE    GILES HUGH  13 April 2017    5091507         27 January 2017  Grant and will  London

His will has been ordered now that I have confirmed that he is a Brown descendant.
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In his will, dated 13th January 2015 he appointed his wife Anne Bernardette Seymour Rooke and his son Alecander John Giles Rooke to be his executors and Trustees.  He was reported to be of St Stephen’s Cottage, Bridge, Canterbury, Kent CT4 5AH and he can thus be presumed to have died there. His wife was of the same address and his son was of 212 Langthorne Road, London E11 4HS.

Both of them granted powere to administer the estate of £780,591 on 13th April 2017.

He listed in his will:

1. }    The above Executors,
2. }
3. “my children” without specifying their names.
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Their marriage index:

First name(s)       Giles H
Last name           Rooke
Marriage quarter    4
Marriage year       1968
MarriageFinder      Giles H Rooke married one of these people
                    Anne B Perrett
Spouse's last name  Perrett
District            Bridge
County              Kent
Country             England
Volume              5F
Page number         165
Record set          England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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