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'''Sir Henry Vernon Drake-Brockman''' (8 November 1865 – 11 July 1933) was an [[Indian Civil Service|Indian civil servant]] who served as a judge in the [[Central Provinces]]. He was knighted in 1913.<br />
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Born in [[Madras]], Drake-Brockman was the oldest son of Henry Julius Drake-Brockman, Crown Solicitor of Madras, and Mary Ellinor Christian ''née'' Sims. He was educated at [[Charterhouse School|Charterhouse]] and [[Peterhouse, Cambridge|St. Peter's College, Cambridge]] receiving a BA and LLB in 1886.<ref>{{cite book|title=Record of the Brockman and Drake-Brockman family|editor=Drake-Brockman, David Henry.|year=1936|url=https://archive.org/details/recordofbrockman00drak/page/n111/mode/1up|pages=61–62}}</ref> He passed the [[Indian Civil Service]] examination in 1883 and went to India in 1886 working in the Central Provinces.<ref>{{cite book|page=483|title=The India List and India Office List for 1905|place=London|publisher=Harrison and Sons}}</ref> He was called to the Bar at [[Lincoln's Inn]] in 1904 and became a Divisional and Sessions Judge in 1896, additional Judicial Commissioner in 1904 and a Judicial Commissioner from 1906.<ref>{{cite book|page=166|title=The County Families of the United Kingdom|author=Walford, Edward |year=1860| publisher=Dalcassian}}</ref> He retired in 1921.<br />
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According to [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]], a future [[Chief Justice of India]]:<blockquote>Sir Henry Drake-Brockman left a tradition for independence. It was said that he signed his last judgment against the Secretary of State-in-Council, and leaving the court went straight to the Railway Station to board his saloon.<ref>{{Cite book |title=My Own Boswell: Memoirs of M. Hidayatullah |publisher=Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. |year=2010 |location=New Delhi |pages=73}}</ref></blockquote><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.airgale.com.au/brockman/d15.htm#i38937 Genealogy]<br />
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