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  Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough - Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough - Encyclopedia.com
Brookeborough, Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount, 1888-1973, Northern Irish politician.
Brooke, Basil Stanlake, 5th Baronet and 1st Viscount Brookeborough
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  Viscount Brookeborough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viscount Brookeborough, of Colebrooke in the County of Fermanagh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Brooke was the nephew of Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke.
The Baronetcy, of Colebrooke in the County of Fermanagh, was created in 1822 for the first Viscount's great-great-grandfather Henry Brooke.
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 Meze bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Viscount Boyd of Merton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Viscount Colville of Culross is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Viscount Chelmsford is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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 Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Right Honourable Sir Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Bt, KG, CBE, MC, PC (June 9, 1888-August 18, 1973) was an Irish Unionist politician.
Basil Stanlake Brooke was born on June 9, 1888 in Colebrooke, Brookeborough, 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.
Having been appointed CBE in 1921, Brooke was on July 1, 1952 created Viscount Brookeborough, of Colebrooke, County Fermanagh.
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 Yser bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Viscount Allenby is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Viscount Addison is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Viscount Alanbrooke is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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 uuptoday.org » Our Troops need better Air Capability - Brookeborough   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Following a recent fact-finding visit to Basra, UUP Peer Viscount Brookeborough has said that with increasing attacks on British army mobile patrols in the area, it is absolutely vital that every effort is expended improving serviceability of our helicopter fleet.
Viscount Brookeborough – formerly a Lieutenant Colonel in the RIR and current honorary colonel of 4th/5th Battalion Royal Irish Rangers – described this as “seriously bad news… a disgrace within a modern Army”.
Viscount Brookeborough added that talking about “bigger or stronger” ground vehicles is not the right line to go down.
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 IMPARTIAL REPORTER
Viscount Brookeborough, speaking on a debate on Northern Ireland, told his colleagues in the newly reformed Lords that fuel sales were down by 50 per cent and high street shopping turnover in Enniskillen was also down by half.
Lord Brookeborough was supported in his views by a relatively new colleague in the Lord’s benches, Lord Laird whose wife is from Fermanagh.
Lord Brookeborough said that the differential between the currencies north and south had resulted in a fall of business in vital sectors of tourism too, such as hire cruisers, restaurants and bed and breakfast establishments.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Viscount
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Viscount Plastics and Coles set to transform fresh produce logistics.
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 brookeb.htm
The Brookeborough papers comprise c.3,500 documents, c.115 volumes and 6 outsize photographs and formal documents, 1575, 1639 and 1658-c.1975, deriving from the Brooke family of Colebrooke, Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh, baronets and (from 1952) Viscounts Brookeborough.
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].
D/998/26 comprises 650 leases of farms in the manor of Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh, 1713, 1733, 1740, 1747-1881, 1891, 1894, 1903 and 1916 (with gaps in the chronological sequence between 1747 and 1881, and concentrations of documentation on years when there were major re-lettings of the estate, e.g.
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 Viscount Alanbrooke - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Viscount Alanbrooke, of Brookeborough in the County of Fermanagh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The viscountcy is expected to go extinct upon the death of the third Viscount, who is seventy-three and without issue.
Alan Victor Harold Brooke, 3rd Viscount Alanbrooke (b.
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 Encyclopedia: Brookeborough
Brookeborough is a village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
Brookeborough was in the hands of the Maguire clan until the 1641 rebellion when it was given to the Brooke family.
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, KG, CBE, MC (June 9, 1888 - August 18, 1973) was an Irish Unionist politician.
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 Encyclopedia: Viscount Brookeborough
John Warden Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough was an Ulster Unionist politician, the son of the Northern Irish UUP leader, who succeeded his father as Stormont MP for Lisnaskea in 1968.
Category: Viscountcies Viscount Alanbrooke, of Brookeborough in the County of Fermanagh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
As Captain John Brooke, he succeeded his father as Stormont MP for Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh in 1968 and held the seat until the dissolution of the parliament in 1972 when direct rule was introduced.
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 List of Viscounts - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This is a list of present Viscounts in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
Viscounts of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801
The Viscount Stansgate (1942, presently disclaimed by the Rt.
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 brookeborough ireland - Around2.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Viscount Brookeborough is a title in the Peerage of the United...
Viscount Brookeborough: I find it extraordinary that reasons can be found for not using bugging for evidence when clearly the telephone has been used a great deal by terrorists in Northern Ireland for conveying information.
Brookeborough, an honorary colonel in the Territorial Army, is the son of the 1st viscount who was prime minister of Northern Ireland...
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 Guardian | Coninuity IRA claims responsibility for bomb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Viscount Brookeborough was not on the estate tonight but his mother said the blast had been on a road outside the estate and near a church.
Lord Brookeborough, an honorary colonel in the Territorial Army, is the son of the 1st viscount who was prime minister of Northern Ireland from 1943 to 1963.
As Captain John Brooke he succeeded his father as Stormont MP for Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh in 1968 and held the seat until the dissolution of the parliament in 1972 when direct rule was introduced.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Bt, KG, CBE, MC, PC (June 9 1888 – August 18 1973) was a British Ulster Unionist politician.
Basil Stanlake Brooke was born on June 9 1888 in Colebrooke, Brookeborough, 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.
Having been appointed CBE in 1921, Brooke was on July 1 1952 created Viscount Brookeborough, of Colebrooke, County Fermanagh.
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 Info and facts on 'Viscount Boyd of Merton'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Viscount Boyd of Merton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (additional info and facts about Peerage of the United Kingdom).
It was created in 1960 for Alan Lennox-Boyd upon his retirement from politics.
Simon Donald Rupert Neville Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton (b.
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 Viscount Brookeborough at AllExperts
Viscount Brookeborough, of Colebrooke in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Brooke was the nephew of Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke.
The Baronetcy of Colebrooke in the County of Fermanagh was created in 1822 for the first Viscount's great-great-grandfather Henry Brooke.
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 Lords Hansard text for 16 Dec 2002 (221216-09)
My Lords, I would not detract from what the noble Viscount has said, but clearly there is some degree of dissatisfaction in that he believes that a new college is required.
I was particularly pleased to hear the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman, and the noble Lord, Lord Glentoran, say that they would generally support the Bill, reserving their position, which I welcome, on careful scrutiny of policy and of wording.
They are important both in their substance and in the mechanism that the Secretary of State has put forward attractively to your Lordships at the outset.
www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/ld200203/ldhansrd/vo021216/text/21216-09.htm   (2640 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Lieutenant Basil Julian David Brooke and others
He was the son of Sir Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough and Cynthia Mary Sergison.
She married Sir John Warden Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough, son of Sir Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough and Cynthia Mary Sergison, on 4 March 1949.
She married Lt.-Col. Sir Alan Henry Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough, son of Sir John Warden Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough and Rosemary Hilda Chichester, in 1980.
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 CNN.com - Blast near NI peer's estate - July 24, 2002
Viscount Brookeborough was not on the estate on Wednesday but his mother told the Press Association news agency that the blast had been on a road outside the estate and near a church.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland said a Co. Fermanagh newspaper had received a call, accompanied by a recognised code word, alleging to be from the Continuity IRA and claiming responsibility for the attack.
As Captain John Brooke he succeeded his father as member of the Northern Ireland parliament at Stormont for Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh in 1968 and held the seat until the dissolution of the parliament in 1972 when direct rule from Britain was introduced.
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 brookeborough - Ask.com Web Search
Brookeborough is a village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Bt, KG, CBE, MC, PC (June 9 1888 –; August 18 1973) was a British Ulster Unionist...
Viscount Brookeborough, of Colebrooke in the County of Fermanagh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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 Facts about topic: (Viscount Brookeborough)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Viscount Brookeborough is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (additional info and facts about Peerage of the United Kingdom).
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough (additional info and facts about Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough) (1888-1973)
John Warden Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough (additional info and facts about John Warden Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough) (1922-1987)
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Dissident republicans have claimed responsibility for an explosion close to the County Fermanagh estate of Unionist peer Lord Brookeborough.
News of the attack was given to peers in the House of Lords just before the British Prime Minister`s statement on the state of the IRA and loyalist ceasefires was read to them.
The Police Service said later it was investigating reports of a loud explosion in the Colebrooke area of Brookeborough at 12.45am today.
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 Colebrooke Park
Colebrooke Park, County Fermangh is first and foremostly a family home, the seat of Viscount and Viscountess Brookeborough and one of Northern Ireland's most important and historic stately homes.
It is exclusive, discrete and has a unique lifestyle which you may experience whilst living on a working estate as a member of the family in a stately home.
The combination of historic grandeur, modern business facilities, outdoor pursuits and the renowned hospitality of the Brooke family means Colebrooke Park is a truly unique location for special events and corporate functions.
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 Sample RASCAL Descriptions
Strengths: The Brookeborough Papers are significant for subjects relating to, and associated with, estate management and land purchase in Ireland from the early modern period onwards, for the development and evolution of family lands and property in Colebrooke, Co. Fermanagh, and for the political and personal interests and careers of prominent family members.
1842), a commander in the British attack on Washington in 1814, and the 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 1943-63.
Physical Characteristics: The Brookeborough papers comprise c.3,500 documents, c.115 volumes and 6 outsize photographs and formal documents, 1575, 1639 and 1658-c.1975.
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 AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS
It was just before dawn on the morning of 26 May 1986, when two IRA Volunteers made their way across fields in the townland of Mullaghglass.
The now notorious comments of Stormont Minister (later Prime Minister) Sir Basil Brooke, Viscount Brookeborough in which he exalted sectarian employment practices, boasting he himself employed no Catholics and imploring all true loyalists to follow his example, is often quoted in accounts of the Civil Rights Movement.
Brookeborough's words appear to belong to another era when sectarian attitudes and practices were as blatantly advocated as racist segregation was promoted by the white supremacists of the US's southern states.
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 Viscount Brookeborough - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Viscount Brookeborough - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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 John Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough - Politics.ie Wiki
John Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough - Politics.ie Wiki
John Warden Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough (1922-87) was a Unionist politician and the son of Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough.
John Brooke was elected to his father's seat of Lisnaskea in the Northern Ireland House of Commons in the 1968 Stormont Election.
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