Jack Brooksbank

Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank was born on 3 May 1986 at St Thomas' Hospital in Lambeth, London, the first son of George Edward Hugh Brooksbank (1949–2021), a company director and chartered accountant,^[1][2] and his wife Nicola (née Newton; born 1953), great-granddaughter of Sir Frederick Charlton Meyrick, 2nd Baronet.^[3] He was christened at Guards' Chapel in Wellington Barracks.^[4] He is in remainder to the Brooksbank baronetcy.^[5] Jack has a younger brother, Thomas.^[6]

A half-third cousin twice-removed of Princess Eugenie through Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester,^{[7][notes 1]} Brooksbank's great-grandfather was Sir John (Jack) Spencer Coke, a Gentleman Usher to King George VI and Extra Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth II, and his great-uncle was the 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell.^[8][9][10]

Brooksbank was educated at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire,^[11] and the University of Bristol, which he left without earning a degree.^[12] His first job in the bar industry was as a bartender,^[13] before becoming the general manager of Mahiki, a nightclub in Mayfair that was often visited by his wife's cousins Prince William and Prince Harry in their youth.^[12] He later worked as a brand ambassador for Casamigos tequila.^[14] He was also reported to have his own wine wholesale business.^[15] In 2022, he began working in marketing, sales and promotion for property developer Michael Meldman's Discovery Land Company in Portugal.^[16]

In 2011, Brooksbank began dating Princess Eugenie, the younger daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson. They had met in 2010 when Brooksbank was 24 and Eugenie was 20.^[17] On 22 January 2018, the Duke of York's office at Buckingham Palace announced their engagement.^[18] In April 2018, the couple moved from their residence at St James's Palace to Ivy Cottage, in the grounds of Kensington Palace.^[19] Their wedding took place on 12 October 2018, at St George's Chapel, Windsor.^[20] Contrary to press speculation that Brooksbank would be created "Earl of Northallerton", he has not been elevated to the peerage after marrying into the royal family, following a trend in recent years for a male commoner not to be awarded one upon marriage to a princess.^[21][22]

The couple's first son, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, was born on 9 February 2021 at the Portland Hospital in London.^[23] At his birth, he was 11th in line to the throne.^[23][24] August was christened on 21 November 2021 at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park in a private service attended by Queen Elizabeth II alongside Lucas Tindall, son of Eugenie's cousin Zara Tindall.^[25] The couple's second son, Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, was born on 30 May 2023.^[26] In May 2026, it was announced that Brooksbank and Eugenie are expecting their third child.^[27]