Jack Brooksbank

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Brooksbank was born on 3 May 1986 at St Thomas' Hospital in Lambeth, London. He was christened at Guards' Chapel in Wellington Barracks.{{cn|date=December 2022}} He is the first son of Old Etonian George Edward Hugh Brooksbank (1949–2021), a company director and chartered accountant,{{cite web|url=https://people.com/royals/princess-eugenie-father-in-law-dies-days-before-grandson-august-christening/|title=Princess Eugenie's Father-in-Law Dies Just Days Before Grandson August's Royal Christening|work=People|first=Stephanie|last=Petit|date=22 November 2021|accessdate=22 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://royalcentral.co.uk/uk/york/family-tragedy-princess-eugenies-father-in-law-george-brooksbank-dies-just-days-before-double-christening-168867/|title=Family tragedy – Princess Eugenie's father in law, George Brooksbank, dies just days before double Christening|work=Royal Central|first=Lydia|last=Starbuck|date=22 November 2021|accessdate=22 November 2021}} and his wife Nicola (née Newton; born 1953), great-granddaughter of both Sir Arthur Holland (1843–1928){{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=B. |title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry |date=1965 |publisher=Sir Bernard Burke |page=400 |isbn=9780850110067 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGZmAAAAMAAJ&q=Burkes+++gentry+Sir++arthur+Holland |access-date=28 August 2020 |quote=...Godfrey Holland (b. 1872),... son of the late Sir Arthur Holland (1843–1928), of Holmhurst, Wimbledon, and has issue... Joanna Holland (b. 1926), m. Michael Newton... Nicola Newton (b. 1953)...}}{{Cite web|author=The Wimbledon Society|url=https://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/10858582.heritage-the-wimbledon-guild-celebrates-106th-birthday/|title=Heritage: The Wimbledon Guild Celebrates 106th birthday|work=Wimbledon Guardian|date=6 December 2013|accessdate=5 June 2022}} and Sir Frederick Charlton Meyrick, 2nd Baronet.{{cite book |last1=Debrett |first1=John |title=Debretts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0SIMAQAAMAAJ&q=Sir+Frederick+Charlton+Meyrick,+2nd+Baronet+++Newton+debretts |publisher=Debretts - Kelly's Directories |access-date=31 January 2022 |date=1973 |quote=Sir Frederick Charlton Meyrick, 2nd Baronet...Giles Fendall Newton. M.B.E. ...Michael Newton...[Nicola Newton]...}} He is in remainder to the Brooksbank baronetcy.{{cite web |first=Sam |last=Dangremond |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a21936749/jack-brooksbank-parents-family-facts/ |title=6 Things to Know About Jack Brooksbank's Family Ahead of His Wedding to Princess Eugenie |work=Town and Country |date=10 October 2018 |access-date=4 December 2018}}

A half-third cousin twice-removed of Princess Eugenie through Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester,{{cite news |last=Silverman |first=Rose |title=Who is Jack Brooksbank, the wine merchant fiancé of Princess Eugenie? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/relationships/has-one-infectious-laughs-jack-brooksbank-wine-merchant-fiance/ |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=24 January 2018 |date=22 January 2018}}{{refn|group=notes|Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, is Princess Eugenie's maternal great-great-great-great-grandfather (via his first marriage, to Juliana Whitbread) and Brooksbank's great-great-grandfather (via his second marriage, to The Honourable Georgina Cavendish.}} Brooksbank's great-grandfather was Sir John (Jack) Spencer Coke, a Gentleman Usher to King George VI and Extra Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth II and his great-uncle was the 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q5ghAAAAYAAJ&q=3rd+lord+hamilton+of+dalzell++celia++brooksbank|title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 1990|last1=Kidd|first1=C.|publisher=Debrett's Peerage|date= 1990|access-date=25 October 2018|quote=... Rosemary Olive, Baroness Hamilton of Dalzell (b. 1910), m. 1935 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell. Residence – Garden Cottage, Snowdenham House, Bramley, Guildford — Celia Dorothy (b. 1919), m. 1942 Stamp Godfrey Brooksbank, Capt. ...|isbn=9780333388471}}{{cite news |last1=Burgess |first1=K. |title=Princess Eugenie to marry in autumn |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/princess-eugenie-to-marry-in-autumn-nzb69f72j |newspaper=The Times| date = 22 January 2018 |access-date=11 October 2018 |quote=He is a descendant of the Brooksbank baronets and his ancestors include Stamp Brooksbank, a governor of the Bank of England in the 18th century, Thomas Coke, second Earl of Leicester, and Sir John (Jack) Spencer Coke, who was Gentleman Usher to King George VI.}}{{cite web |last1=Black |first1=A and C |title=Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wg7YAAAAMAAJ&q=gentleman+usher+george+VI+Sir+John+Coke |publisher=A. & C. Black, 1961 |access-date=11 October 2018 |quote=COKE, Major Hon. Sir John (Spencer), K.C.V.O. 1953 (C.V.O. 1946); Scots Guards, retired; Extra Gentleman Usher to the Queen since 1952 (Gentleman Usher in Ordinary, ...)|year=1961 }} Jack has a younger brother, Thomas, who is also an Old Etonian.{{cite book |last1=Kidd |first1=Charles |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9w4MAQAAMAAJ&q=jack++brooksbank++great++grandson++baronet++eton++george |publisher=Debrett's Peerage – 1 June 1990 |access-date=21 September 2018 |quote=B 130 – Brooksbank [1919]... George Edward Hugh (b. 1949), educ. Eton, m. 1985 ... Jack (b. 1986), Thomas (b. 1988) ...|isbn=9780312046408 |date=June 1990 }}{{cite news |last1=Tominey |first1=C. |title=Princess Eugenie's future mother-in-law 'excited' as son weds into monarchy |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2018/10/06/princess-eugenies-future-mother-in-law-excited-son-weds-monarchy/ |publisher=UK Daily Telegraph – 6 October 2018 |access-date=8 October 2018 |quote=Tom is an Old Etonian, like their father, George, and is believed to be the best man on the big day....The couple split their time between London and France's Bordeaux wine region where they own a three-bedroom stone farmhouse |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=6 October 2018 }}

Brooksbank was educated at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45800373|title=Meet the bride and groom|date=11 October 2018|access-date=16 October 2018|work=BBC News}} and the University of Bristol, which he left without earning a degree.{{cite news

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}} His first job in the bar industry was as a bartender,{{cite web |last1=Puente |first1=M. |title=Princess Eugenie's groom: Who is Jack Brooksbank? And how does he know George Clooney? |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/10/11/princess-eugenies-commoner-groom-who-jack-brooksbank/1594124002/ |publisher=USA TODAY – 11 October 2018 |access-date=18 October 2018 |quote=But unlike Eugenie, who graduated from Newcastle University in 2009 with a degree in art and English literature, Brooksbank left Bristol University and went into the restaurant and bar industry, working first as a bartender.}} before becoming the general manager of Mahiki, a nightclub in Mayfair that was often visited by his wife's cousins Prince William and Prince Harry in their youth. He later worked as a brand ambassador for Casamigos tequila.{{cite web|url=https://ca.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/02018012241970/eugenie-fiance-jack-brooksbank-george-clooney|title=Princess Eugenie's fiancé Jack Brooksbank has a connection to George Clooney|first=HELLO!|last=Canada|website=ca.hellomagazine.com|access-date=16 October 2018|archive-date=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017042959/https://ca.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/02018012241970/eugenie-fiance-jack-brooksbank-george-clooney|url-status=dead}} He was also reported to have his own wine wholesale business.{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2168369/britains-princess-eugenie-marries-wine-merchant-jack-brooksbank|title=Britain's Princess Eugenie marries wine merchant Jack Brooksbank in star-studded royal wedding|work=South China Morning Post|date=12 October 2018|accessdate=18 March 2022}} In 2022, he began working in marketing, sales and promotion for property developer Michael Meldman's Discovery Land Company in Portugal.{{cite web |last1=Tominey |first1=Camilla |title=Princess Eugenie and husband Jack move to Portugal as Sussexes renew Frogmore Cottage lease |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/05/30/princess-eugenie-husband-jack-move-portugal-sussexes-renew-frogmore/ |website=Daily Telegraph |date=30 May 2022 |access-date=30 May 2022}}

{{Main article|Wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank}}

In 2011, Brooksbank began dating Princess Eugenie of York, the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. They had met in 2010 when Brooksbank was 24 and Princess Eugenie was 20.{{cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a15839639/jack-brooksbank-facts/ |title=Who Is Princess Eugenie's Husband, Jack Brooksbank? |publisher=Townandcountrymag.com |date=9 February 2021 |access-date=5 November 2021}} On 22 January 2018, the Duke of York's office at Buckingham Palace announced their engagement.{{cite news |last1=Boyle |first1=Danny|last2=Furness |first2=Hannah |title=Princess Eugenie engaged to Jack Brooksbank: Couple 'float with laughter and love', says Duchess of York in gushing tweets |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/22/princess-eugenie-marry-jack-brooksbankbuckingham-palace-announces/ |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=24 January 2018 |date=22 January 2018}} In April 2018, the couple moved from their residence at St James's Palace to Ivy Cottage, in the grounds of Kensington Palace.{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/princess-eugenie-jack-brooksbank-move-kensington-palace/|title=Princess Eugenie and Her Fiancé Jack Brooksbank Just Moved Next Door to Harry and Meghan!|magazine=People|first=Simon|last=Perry|date=1 May 2018|access-date=2 May 2018}} Their wedding took place on 12 October 2018, at St George's Chapel, Windsor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2018/10/12/princess-eugenies-royal-wedding-jack-brooksbank-live-updates/|title=Princess Eugenie's royal wedding to Jack Brooksbank: Live updates from the Windsor Castle celebrations|last=Davies|first=Gareth|date=12 October 2018|work=The Telegraph|access-date=12 October 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} Contrary to press speculation that Brooksbank would be created "Earl of Northallerton", he has not been elevated to the peerage after marrying into the royal family, following a trend in recent years for a male commoner not to be awarded one upon marriage to a princess.{{cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a22515482/jack-brooksbank-royal-title/ |title=Jack Brooksbank Royal Title – Why Princess Eugenie's Fiancé Won't Get a Title |publisher=Townandcountrymag.com |date=11 October 2018 |access-date=18 October 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/10/12/how-come-princess-eugenie-commoner-groom-didnt-get-title/1594927002/ |title=Why didn't Princess Eugenie's commoner groom get a title? |newspaper=USA Today |date=12 October 2018 |access-date=26 November 2018}}

The couple's first son, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, was born on 9 February 2021 at the Portland Hospital in London.{{cite news |title=Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank celebrate birth of son name Arthur Brooksbank |url=https://news.sky.com/story/princess-eugenie-and-jack-brooksbank-celebrate-birth-of-son-12213527 |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=Sky News |date=9 February 2021}} At his birth, he was eleventh in line to the throne.{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56137887 |title= Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank name baby son |website= BBC |date= 20 February 2021 |access-date= 20 February 2021}} August was christened on 21 November 2021 at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park in a private service attended by Queen Elizabeth II alongside Lucas Tindall, son of Princess Eugenie's cousin Zara Tindall.{{cite news |title=Queen attends royal double christening at Windsor |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59368620 |access-date=22 November 2021 |work=BBC News |date=21 November 2021}} The couple's second son, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, was born on 30 May 2023.{{Cite news |date=2023-06-05 |title=Princess Eugenie gives birth to baby boy named Ernest George Ronnie |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65785911 |access-date=2023-06-05}}

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