Basil Brooke
English cricketer
Died when: 87 years 289 days (1053 months)Star Sign: Aries
Vice-Admiral Basil Charles Barrington Brooke CB CBE DL JP (6 April 1895 – 20 January 1983) was an English admiral and cricketer, who also played for the Singapore national cricket team.
He played twice for the Royal Navy Cricket Club in first-class cricket.A member of the Brooke family which ruled the Kingdom of Sarawak from 1841 to 1946, he commanded the battle cruiser HMS Renown during the Second World War.
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