Sir Ralph Ellis "Robin" Brook (19 June 1908 – 25 October 1998) was a British merchant banker and a director of the Bank of England. He was knighted in the 1974 New Year Honours. His wife Helen Brook was founder of the Brook Advisory Centres.

As a fencer, he competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics. In 1936, he won the sabre title at the British Fencing Championships.

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The son of a surgeon, Brook was educated, through scholarships, at Eton College and subsequently at King's College, Cambridge, where he studied under Maynard Keynes, earning a double first in Economics.

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1908 births

1998 deaths

People educated at Eton College

Alumni of King's College, Cambridge

English male fencers

Knights Bachelor

Olympic fencers for Great Britain

Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Fencers from London

Sportspeople from Southwark

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