Lord General Robert Greville
(1607-1643)
English Parliamentary Army General, Member of Parliament (1628), and 2nd Baron Brooke (from 1628)
Commemorated on 1 plaque
March 2nd 1643 Lord Brooke a General of the Parliament forces, preparing to besiege the close of Lichfield, then garrisoned for King Charles the First, received his death wound on the spot beneath this inscription by a shot in the forehead, from Mr Dyott. A gentleman who had placed himself on the battlements of the great steeple to annoy the besiegers
Brooke House, 24 Dam Street, Lichfield, United Kingdom where they fatally wounded