Thomas Brooke, 2nd Viscount Alanbrooke

Summary

Thomas Brooke, 2nd Viscount Alanbrooke (9 January 1920 – 19 December 1972) was a British peer. He was the son of Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke.

From an Ulster Anglo-Irish aristocratic family, Brooke received his education at Wellington College in Berkshire and fought in the Second World War in the Royal Artillery. He was a writer and a water colour artist. He was unmarried and the viscountcy passed to his half-brother, Victor. Upon the death of the 3rd Viscount in 2018, the viscountcy became extinct.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Service. Papers of FM Alan Francis BROOKE, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke of Brookeborough, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (1883–1963)

External links edit

  • Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Alanbrooke
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount Alanbrooke
1963–1972
Succeeded by