Brooke Deedes (12 January 1847 – 28 October 1922) was an Anglican priest in the last three decades of the 19th century and the first three of the 20th.‘DEEDES, Ven. Brook’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 May 2017
He was born in Sandling Park, Kent, the son of William Deedes senior, M.P. and younger brother of William Deedes junior, M.P. He was educated at HarrowSpeech Day At Harrow School. The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 07, 1865; pg. 10; Issue 25231 and Christ Church, Oxford; and ordained in 1871. After a curacy at St Mary, Charterhouse SquareLMA he was Vicar of St Crispin, Bermondsey then Chaplain to the Bishop of Calcutta.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p363: London, Horace Cox, 1898 He then served at Allahabad from 1885 to 1892 when he became the Archdeacon of Lucknow"Ecclesiastical Intelligence" The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Nov 16, 1892; pg. 7; Issue 33797 He was the incumbent at Hawkhurst from 1897 to 1900;"Ecclesiastical Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 29, 1897; pg. 9; Issue 35268 Hampstead from 1900 to 1912; and St Vedast, Foster Lane from 1912 to 1920. He was also the inaugural Archdeacon of Hampstead, serving from 1912 to 1920."Ecclesiastical Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 17, 1912; pg. 4; Issue 39927
Deedes died on 28 October 1922."The Rev Brook Deedes". The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Oct 31, 1922; pg. 7; Issue 43176
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