Sir Thomas Henry Brooke-Hitching (1858 - 4 February 1926) was a businessman and local politician. Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, he was the son of John Walter Hitching, in 1878 he married Sarah Kossuth Brooke and assumed the surname Brooke-Hitching by royal licence. He entered business in 1881 as a manufacturer of perambulators and invalid carriages. He moved to Marylebone in London, becoming chairman of the vestry. In 1898 he unsuccessfully sought election to the London County Council as a Moderate Party candidate at Walworth. An image here [1]