Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st Baronet PC (Ire) (1726 – 7 March 1785) [1] was an Irish baronet and politician.
He was the son of Henry Brooke and his wife Lettice Burton, daughter of Benjamin Burton. [2] Brooke was educated at Trinity College Dublin [3] and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1746. [4] He was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh in 1752, [5] and became later Governor of County Fermanagh. [4] In 1761, Brooke was elected to the Irish House of Commons for County Fermanagh, a seat he held until 1783. [6] Subsequently, he represented Maryborough until his death in 1785. [6] On 3 January 1764, he was created a baronet, of Colebrooke, in the County of Fermanagh [7] and on 15 May 1770, he was invested to the Privy Council of Ireland. [8]
On 6 August 1751, he married firstly Margaret Fortescue, daughter of Thomas Fortescue and Elizabeth Hamilton. [9] She died in 1756, and Brooke married secondly Elizabeth Foorde at The Palace in Clogher on 21 September 1775. [4] By his first wife, he had two daughters and two sons. [4] Brooke died on Sackville Street (Dublin). [4] His sons having predeceased him, the baronetcy became extinct. [1] His eldest daughter, Selina Elizabeth Brooke, married Thomas Vesey, 1st Viscount de Vesci. His younger daughter, Letitia Charlotte, married Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet: they were the parents of Henry Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton, and ancestors of the leading Irish statesman Charles Stewart Parnell.
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"Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
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- ^ "Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - Brookeborough Papers" (PDF). Retrieved 22 April 2009.
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"Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
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"Leigh Rayment - Privy Council of Ireland". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) - ^ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. II (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 1280.
- 1726 births
- 1785 deaths
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland
- Brooke family (Anglo-Irish)
- High Sheriffs of County Fermanagh
- Irish MPs 1761–1768
- Irish MPs 1769–1776
- Irish MPs 1776–1783
- Irish MPs 1783–1790
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Fermanagh constituencies
- Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for Queen's County constituencies
Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st Baronet PC (Ire) (1726 – 7 March 1785) [1] was an Irish baronet and politician.
He was the son of Henry Brooke and his wife Lettice Burton, daughter of Benjamin Burton. [2] Brooke was educated at Trinity College Dublin [3] and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1746. [4] He was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh in 1752, [5] and became later Governor of County Fermanagh. [4] In 1761, Brooke was elected to the Irish House of Commons for County Fermanagh, a seat he held until 1783. [6] Subsequently, he represented Maryborough until his death in 1785. [6] On 3 January 1764, he was created a baronet, of Colebrooke, in the County of Fermanagh [7] and on 15 May 1770, he was invested to the Privy Council of Ireland. [8]
On 6 August 1751, he married firstly Margaret Fortescue, daughter of Thomas Fortescue and Elizabeth Hamilton. [9] She died in 1756, and Brooke married secondly Elizabeth Foorde at The Palace in Clogher on 21 September 1775. [4] By his first wife, he had two daughters and two sons. [4] Brooke died on Sackville Street (Dublin). [4] His sons having predeceased him, the baronetcy became extinct. [1] His eldest daughter, Selina Elizabeth Brooke, married Thomas Vesey, 1st Viscount de Vesci. His younger daughter, Letitia Charlotte, married Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet: they were the parents of Henry Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton, and ancestors of the leading Irish statesman Charles Stewart Parnell.
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b
"Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) - ^ Lodge, John (1789). Mervyn Archdall (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Vol. VI. Dublin: James Moore. p. 36.
- ^ "Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/ Thomas Ulick Sadleir p100: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- ^ a b c d e "ThePeerage - Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st and last Bt". Retrieved 22 April 2009.
- ^ "Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - Brookeborough Papers" (PDF). Retrieved 22 April 2009.
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a
b
"Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) - ^ "No. 10365". The London Gazette. 12 November 1763. p. 2.
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^
"Leigh Rayment - Privy Council of Ireland". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) - ^ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. II (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 1280.
- 1726 births
- 1785 deaths
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland
- Brooke family (Anglo-Irish)
- High Sheriffs of County Fermanagh
- Irish MPs 1761–1768
- Irish MPs 1769–1776
- Irish MPs 1776–1783
- Irish MPs 1783–1790
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Fermanagh constituencies
- Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for Queen's County constituencies