Sir Arthur Brinsley Brooke, 2nd Baronet (1797 – 21 November 1854), was an Anglo-Irish

Anglo-Irish

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 Conservative

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 politician.

Brooke was the eldest son of Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet

Baronet

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, and his wife Harriet, daughter of The Hon.

The Honourable

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 John Butler.

In 1831 he served as High Sheriff of Fermanagh

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 and in 1840 was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Fermanagh

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, a seat he held until his death fourteen years later.

Brooke married The Hon. Julia Henrietta, daughter of General

General (United Kingdom)

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 Sir George Hanson

George Anson (1769-1849)

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, in 1841. They had several children and their descendants include Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

Field Marshal The Rt. Hon. Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO & Bar , was a senior commander in the British Army. He was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the Second World War, and was promoted to Field Marshal in 1944...

, and Sir Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough

Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough

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. Brooke died in November 1854 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Victor. Lady Brooke died in December 1886.