Samuel Brooks (banker)
From Graces Guide
Samuel Brooks, banker, of Manchester, Blackburn Old Bank and London
of Cunliffe, Brooks and Co, later Cunliffes, Brooks and Co
1819 Samuel, the son of William Brooks, opened the firm’s first branch in Manchester.
Brooks was vice-chairman of the Manchester and Leeds Railway .
c.1849 Persuaded the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway to build Brooklands station, providing a guarantee of receipts for the first three years. He owned the land there and expected the station to help with its development.
1854 Offered £1000 to Manchester Town Council to find a way of exploiting the value of the town's night-soil, which he estimated had a value of £100,000 per year[1]
1864 Died[2]. His estate was worth £250,000[3]
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