William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham

William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham
Quartered arms of Sir William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, KG
Spouse(s)	Dorothy Neville Frances Newton
Issue Maximilian Brooke Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham Sir William Brooke George Brooke Elizabeth Brooke Frances Brooke Margaret Brooke
Noble family	Brooke
Father	George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham
Mother	Anne Braye
Born	1 November 1527
Died	6 March 1597

Sir William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, KG (1 November 1527 – 6 March 1597) was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and a Member of Parliament for Hythe. Although he was viewed by some as a religious radical during the Somerset protectorate, he entertained Elizabeth at Cobham Hall in 1559, signalling his acceptance of the moderate regime.

William Brooke was the son of George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham (d. 29 September 1558), and Anne Braye (d. 1 November 1558).

Brooke's father died in 1558 when he was just over thirty. Brooke married Dorothy Neville, daughter of George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny in 1545, but the marriage was unhappy, and they separated after 1553. Brooke seems to have attended The King's School, Canterbury and Queens' College, Cambridge before 1544. He spent much of his younger life in Europe. In the early 1540s he visited Padua. At the end of the decade he served in northern France, where his father was in charge of Calais and in 1549 accompanied Paget's embassy to Brussels.

Like his father, Brooke sympathized with the anti-Marian nobles; he sided with the rebels during Wyatt's rebellion, and the intervention of his brother-in-law, Henry Nevill was needed to keep him from prison. In 1555 he served as MP for Rochester.