Thomas Brooke, 2nd Viscount Alanbrooke
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]
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- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Alanbrooke
Categories:
- 1920 births
- 1972 deaths
- People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
- Royal Artillery officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Peerage of the United Kingdom viscount stubs