Viscount Alanbrooke
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Viscount Alanbrooke, of Brookeborough in the County of Fermanagh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 29 January 1946 for Field Marshal Alan Brooke. He had already been created Baron Alanbrooke, of Brookeborough in the County of Fermanagh, on 18 September 1945. Brooke was the sixth son of Sir Victor Alexander Brooke, 3rd Baronet, of Colebrooke and the uncle of the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough. As of 2006 the titles are held by his son, the third Viscount, who succeeded his half-brother, Thomas, who was unmarried and had no children, in 1972. He is also in remainder to the Brooke Baronetcy of Colebrooke, a title held by his kinsman Alan Henry Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough.
[edit] Viscounts Alanbrooke (1946)
- Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883-1963)
- Thomas Brooke, 2nd Viscount Alanbrooke (1920-1972)
- Alan Victor Harold Brooke, 3rd Viscount Alanbrooke (b. 1932)
There is no heir to the viscountcy.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
