Sir David Brooks | |
Office: | Lord Mayor of Birmingham |
Term Start: | 1917 |
Term End: | 1920 |
Birth Name: | Arthur David Brooks |
Birth Date: | 6 March 1864 |
Sir Arthur David Brooks (6 March 1864 – 7 April 1930) was Lord Mayor of Birmingham in 1917, 1918, and 1919.
A solicitor, he was elected to the Birmingham City Council in 1901 as a Conservative and was elected an alderman in 1911. In 1917, he was elected Lord Mayor in succession to Neville Chamberlain, who had been appointed Director of National Service.[1] He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1918 "For services in connection with the War".