Captain

Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)

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The Rt. Hon.

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 Alan Victor Harold Brooke, 3rd Viscount Alanbrooke, RA

Royal Artillery

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 (born 24 November 1932), succeeded to the viscountcy

Viscountcy

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 on December 19, 1972 upon the death of his half-brother.

Known to his family and friends as Victor Brooke or Victor Alanbrooke, he was educated at Harrow

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 & Bristol University, earning a B.Ed. in 1976 and earning Qualified Teacher Status

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. He served in the British Army

British Army

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 from 1952 to 1972, attaining the rank of Captain in the Royal Artillery

Royal Artillery

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.

In his recreations in Debrett's

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 he lists "enjoying post-Lloyd's poverty, rearranging the wreckage for remaining family."

Lord Alanbrooke lives in Hartley Wintney

Hartley Wintney

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, Hampshire

Hampshire

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, where his father the 1st Viscount Alanbrooke is buried. There are no heirs to the title; unless an heir arises, the viscountcy will die with him.