Colonel Henry Vaughan Brooke (1743 – 27 November 1807)[1] was an Irish politician.
Background
editBrooke originated from a family with roots in County Fermanagh as well as County Donegal and was the son of Basil Brooke.[2] His mother was Jane, daughter of Henry Wrey.[2] He was educated at Trinity College Dublin until 1761[3] and when his father died seven years later, he inherited the latter's estates.[4] Brooke was unmarried and following his death was succeeded by his nephew Thomas Grove, who thereupon assumed his uncle's surname.[5]
Career
editBrooke entered the Irish House of Commons in 1776, having been elected for Donegal Borough.[1] In 1783, he stood successfully for both County Donegal as well as Augher, choosing to sit for the former constituency.[1] He represented it until the Act of Union 1801 and then gained a seat in the British House of Commons for the new established constituency Donegal until 1802.[4] By support of his friend Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham, Brooke was returned for Donegal again in 1806, however died only a year later.[4] He was nominated High Sheriff of Donegal in 1786 and became colonel of the county's militia in 1798.[4]
Arms
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Notes
edit- ^ a b c Johnston-Lilk (2006), p. 73
- ^ a b Lowry-Corry (1887), pp. 303–304
- ^ Burtchaell (1935), p. 99
- ^ a b c d Thorne (1986), p. 263
- ^ "Brookeborough Papers" (PDF). Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. C". National Library of Ireland. p. 52. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
References
edit- Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2006). MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. ISBN 1-903688-60-4.
- Thorne, R. G. (1986). The House of Commons, 1790–1820. Vol. I. London: Secker & Warburg. ISBN 0-436-52101-6.
- Burtchaell, George Dames (1935). Alumni Dublinenses: A Register of the Students, Graduates, Professors and Provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860). Dublin: Alexander Thom and Co. Ltd.
- (4th Earl Belmore) Lowry-Corry, Somerset (1887). Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885. Dublin: Alexander Thom and Co. Ltd.
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