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Encyclopedia > Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscount Alanbrooke

Captain Alan Victor Harold Brooke, 3rd Viscount Alanbrooke, RA (born 24 November 1932) succeeded to the viscountcy in 1972 on the death of his half-brother. Captain is a nautical term, an organizational title, and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ... Tactical Recognition Flash of the Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, generally known as the Royal Artillery (RA), is, despite its name, a corps of the British Army. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... A viscount is a member of the European nobility, especially of France, and of the British peerage, where a viscount ranks above a baron, below an earl (a count in France), and corresponds in Britain to the Anglo-Saxon shire reeve. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...


Educated at Harrow & Bristol University [BEd Hons 1976] - qualified teacher. Served British Army 1952-1972 Captain RA (Ret'd) Harrow College is the main community college of Harrow, London. ... The University of Bristol was founded in 1876 as the University College, Bristol. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...


He lives in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire where his father the 1st Viscount Alanbrooke is buried. There are, as of 2007, no heirs to the title, in which case it shall die with him. Hartley Wintney is a village in England, recorded in the 13th century as Hertleye Wynteneye which means the clearing in the forest where the deer graze by Winta’s island. Winta was probably a Saxon who owned the island in the marshes where a priory of Cistercian nuns was founded... Hampshire, sometimes historically Southamptonshire or Hamptonshire, (abbr. ... (Redirected from 1st Viscount Alanbrooke) Statue of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke, MoD Building, Whitehall, London Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (July 23, 1883 - June 17, 1963) was a British Field Marshal during World War II. He also served as Lord High...

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Brooke, 2nd Viscount Alanbrooke
Viscount Alanbrooke
1972–
Succeeded by
'incumbent'

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Viscount Alanbrooke was a son of Sir Victor Brooke, and so uncle of the Prime Minister [though they were near-contemporaries, great friends and very alike in appearance].
The Brookes of Colebrooke, as with most of the Anglo-Irish gentry, made little contribution to the intellect and to the imagination of the province, though this is less true of collateral branches, notably the Brookes of Dromovana.
Brooke was particularly well placed to comment upon these dramatic events, being second-in-command to Ross before the latter's death at Baltimore, and then succeeding him as commanding officer for the attack on that city.
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