Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscoont Brookborough

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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[eedit | eedit soorce]

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[eedit | eedit soorce]

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.[1]

Peerage[eedit | eedit soorce]

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.[2]

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.[3]

Faimily[eedit | eedit soorce]

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

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. Brookeborough Bomb Search Continues (4ni.co.uk)
  2. "House of Lords biography". Archived frae the original on 23 Apryle 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  3. Brookeborough pledges to represent Fermanagh on new Police Board, The Impartial Reporter, 27/9/2001 Archived 2006-03-21 at the Wayback Machine

See an aw[eedit | eedit soorce]

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

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