William Brooke (later Lord Cobbam) was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and was returned as MP for Hythe. Although he was viewed by some as a religious radical during the Somerset protectorate, as Queen of England, Elizabeth I was entertained by William Brooke, Lord Brooke in 1559 at Cobham Hall.

His father was George Lord Cobham, and was suceeded by his son William in 1558, to whom the family estates were at length restored.

William Brooke was killed as a royalist at the battle of Newbury, and the property of Cooling decended to his four daughters.

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