Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscoont Brookborough

Alan Henry Brooke, 3rd Viscoont Brookeborough, Bt (born Juin 30, 1952), is a Northren Erse peer an landawner. He is ane o the 92 hereditary peers who remain, for life, in the Hoose o Lords.

Early life an career

Brooke wis educatit at Harrow School, Millfield, an the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.

He joined the Breetish Airmy in 1971, being commissioned intae the 17t/21st Lancers. In 1977 he transferred tae the Ulster Defence Regiment, which wis tae become the Ryal Erse Regiment in 1992. He wis promotit tae Lieutenant-Colonel in 1993, an became Honorary Colonel o the 4t/5t Battalion, Ryal Erse Rangers in 1997.

Personal life

Lord Brookeborough married Janet Elizabeth Cooke (dochter o JP Cooke, o Doagh), nou Viscoontess Brookeborough, in 1980. They farm the 1,000 acre (4.0 km²) Colebrooke Park, Brookeborough, Coonty Fermanagh, in Northren Ireland.

Peerage

Brooke succeedit his faither as the 3rd Viscoont Brookeborough in 1987. Although he lost his automatic richt tae a seat in the Hoose o Lords, wi aw ither hereditary peers efter the passage o the Hoose o Lords Act 1999, Lord Brookeborough returned tae the Hoose as an electit crossbench peer in 1999.

He haes been a Lord-in-Waitin tae The Queen since 1997. He is Preses o the Co. Fermanagh Unionist Association an wis appointit as an independent member o the NI Policing Board in 2001.

Faimily

The soldier, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscoont Alanbrooke, wis a member o the same faimily.

See an aw

• Leet o Northren Ireland Members o the Hoose o Lords

Peerage o the Unitit Kinrick
Precedit bi John Brooke	Viscoont Brookeborough 1987—present	Succeedit bi Current incumbent