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  Sir Basil Brooke
The estate contained coal mines, and Sir Basil is credited with developing the 'Shropshire Longwall' method for extracting coal, which has been used in mines all over the world.
Sir Basil Brooke was also a leading Roman Catholic, said to have personal contact with both James I and Charles I. During the Bishops Wars of 1639-40 he was treasurer for contributions collected from English Catholics.
In 1641, he fled to York after being summoned by the House of Commons accused of recusancy, but was arrested at York and imprisoned in Newgate Jail.
www.madeley.org.uk /brooke.htm   (368 words)

  
  Definition of Basil Brooke
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, KG, CBE, MC (June 9, 1888-August 18, 1973) was an Irish Unionist politician.
Basil Stanlake Brooke was born on June 9, 1888 in Colebrooke, County Fermanagh, the eldest son of Sir Arthur Douglas Brooke, 4th Baronet, whom he succeeded as 5th Baronet on the latter's death in 1907.
Brooke resigned as Prime Minister in 1963 due to illness.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Basil_Brooke   (424 words)

  
 Donegal Property - Donegal History - Genealogy
O'Donnell Castle and their lands were given to an English Captain, Basil Brooke, who carried out major reconstruction work and added a wing to it known as the manor house.
Basil Brooke eventually moved to Lough Eske where he built a house.
The Franciscans were brought to Donegal by Hugh O'Donnell and his wife Lady Nuala and it was at her request that they set up a community here.
www.donegalproperty.ie /genealogy.aspx   (542 words)

  
 Donegal Castle in Ireland
Before leaving, they did their best to make the Castle as unusable to the English as possible, destroying as much as the castle as they could.
After the Irish defeat, Sir Basil Brooke took charge of Donegal for the English and on the remains of the castle added an additional floor.
He also added an attached wing to the castle, which was architecturally, similar to the manor homes of England.
www.travelsinireland.com /castle/donegal.htm   (315 words)

  
 Sir Basil Brooke
The estate contained coal mines, and Sir Basil is credited with developing the 'Shropshire Longwall' method for extracting coal, which has been used in mines all over the world.
Sir Basil Brooke was also a leading Roman Catholic, said to have personal contact with both James I and Charles I. During the Bishops Wars of 1639-40 he was treasurer for contributions collected from English Catholics.
In 1641, he fled to York after being summoned by the House of Commons accused of recusancy, but was arrested at York and imprisoned in Newgate Jail.
www.madeleyparishcouncil.gov.uk /brooke.htm   (368 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Basil Brooke": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: )
February 1949, when the director general of the BBC visited Belfast the guest list for dinner included not only Sir Basil Brooke, Maynard Sinclair, the minister of finance, and the speaker of the House of Commons, but also.James McSparran a'Nationalist.
Basil Brooke's famous declaration in July 1933 that he employed no catholics on principle was echoed the following month by Sir Joseph...
Two days later Byng's Chief of Staff, Captain Basil Brooke, wrote home: `We are shelled all day as there is no room back, which is rather upsetting to one's nerves.
amazon.com /phrase/Basil-Brooke   (350 words)

  
 Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough - Politics.ie Wiki
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, KG, CBE, MC, Bart.
In December 1959, Rev. Ian Paisley picketed Stormont Castle demanding Brooke's resignation for refusing to expel Brian Maginess, a government minister and Sir Clarence Graham, Chairman of the Party Standing Committee, who had expressed support for Catholic members of the Unionist Party in speeches at an Ulster Young Unionist Council event in Co. Londonderry.
Having been appointed CBE in 1921, Brooke was on 1 July, 1952 created Viscount Brookeborough, of Colebrooke, County Fermanagh.
www.politics.ie /wiki/index.php?title=Sir_Basil_Brooke   (570 words)

  
 Madeley, Shropshire and the English Revolution
Sir Basil Brooke, a Catholic, was prosecuted for recusancy in 1641-2, and imprisoned in Newgate.
In peace negotiations of July 1646, Sir Basil Brooke was one of those who was exempted by name from pardon, as papists active against the Parliament.
A few inhabitants, especially the Brookes and some of their employees, were Catholics, and would not have signed the Protestation of 1642 (which included an oath of loyalty to the Protestant religion).
www.geocities.com /englishrevolution/madeley.htm   (8398 words)

  
 Melancholy Vale ~ Basil Brooke ~ eBookMall ~ eBook
Melancholy Vale ~ Basil Brooke ~ eBookMall ~ eBook
Perhaps an inner melancholy offers its true genius by deep introspection through the gates of the mind; thereby accessing resources that can be guarded from external influence or unwanted change.
Basil Brooke is a medical scientist based in South Africa.
www.ebookmall.com /ebooks/melancholy-vale-brooke-ebooks.htm   (473 words)

  
 Lyr Add: Basil Brooke
The song concerns Basil Brooke - the patrician, long-serving 3rd Prime Minister of Northern Ireland - later Viscount Brookeborough.
Although the air is really well-known, I can't for the life of me think of another, more well-known, song that the air has been used for.
the song I was thinking of which shares an air with Basil Brooke was "The Bright Silvery Light Of The Moon".
www.mudcat.org /thread.cfm?threadid=36199   (538 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - James Walters and others
     Sir Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough was born on 9 June 1888.
He was the son of Sir Arthur Douglas Brooke, 4th Bt.
     Sir Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
www.thepeerage.com /p18091.htm   (1127 words)

  
 Basil Brooke : Oxford Biography Index entry
Brooke [Brook], Sir Basil (1576–1646), iron-founder and royalist conspirator
Oxford Biography Index Number 101003528 [what is this?
Martyn Bennett, ‘Brooke, Sir Basil (1576–1646)’, first published Sept 2004, 770 words
www.oxforddnb.com /index/101003528   (78 words)

  
 Health & Beauty, Body Care, Personal Hygiene, Body Lotion, Bath & Body Works, Citrus Scents Special Auction
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citrus-scents.bath-body-works.body-lotion.body-care-personal-hygiene.health-amp-beauty.brooke-express.com   (337 words)

  
 Basil Brooke : Oxford Biography Index entry
Brooke, Basil Stanlake, first Viscount Brookeborough (1888–1973), prime minister of Northern Ireland
Oxford Biography Index Number 101030860 [what is this?
Brian Barton, ‘Brooke, Basil Stanlake, first Viscount Brookeborough (1888–1973)’, first published Sept 2004, 3190 words, with portrait illustration
www.oxforddnb.com /index/101030860   (87 words)

  
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A vampire can gain blood from only one hunting ground card each turn.
Any older vampire gets +1 strength when in combat with Basil.
Only usable in combat with an ally or younger vampire.
www.white-wolf.com /vtes/Cardlist_B.html   (4527 words)

  
 Donegal County.com & Dún na nGall.com - Donegal Castle   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Castle was built in 1505 by the O'Donnell family who were the ruling Gaelic family in Donegal for over a thousand years until they left Ireland with the Flight of the Earls in 1607.
The rectangular tower was then occupied by Sir Basil Brooke who transformed it by adding gables and windows and making the first floor into a banqueting hall complete with a Jacobean fireplace bearing his coat of arms.
Beside the Tower Sir Basil built a southern facing manor house and reinforced the bawn-wall surrounding the Castle.
www.dun-na-ngall.com /dcas.html   (295 words)

  
 Donegal Ireland Donegal Information Donegal Tourist Information Attractions County Donegal Attractions Gweedore, ...
Built by the O'Donnell chieftain in the 15th century, beside the River Eske, the Castle has extensive 17th century additions by Sir Basil Brooke.
Information panels chronicle the history of the Castle owners from the O'Donnell chieftains to the Brooke family.
The oldest surviving building here is said to be 400 years old.
www.ebookireland.com /donegal.htm   (1048 words)

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