Rt Hon Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st Baronet

Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st and last Bt.

• Birth: 1715.
• Parents: Henry Brooke and Lettice Burton.
• Wife 1: Margaret Fortescue, daughter of Thomas Fortescue and Elizabeth Hamilton, on 6 August 1751.
• Wife 2: Elizabeth Foorde on 21 September 1775 at The Palace, Clogher, County Tyrone, Ireland.
• Death: 7 March 1785 at Sackville Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, without surviving male issue.
• He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin University, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, in 1746 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).
• He held the office of Sheriff of County Fermanagh in 1752.
• He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Fermanagh [Ireland] between 1761 and 1783.
• He held the office of Governor of County Fermanagh.
• He was created 1st Baronet Brooke, of Colebrooke, co. Fermanagh [Ireland] on 3 January 1764.
• He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] on 15 May 1770.
• He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Maryborough [Ireland] between 1783 and 1785.

Child of Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st and last Bt.

• Anne Brooke5 b. b 1740

Children of Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st and last Bt. and Margaret Fortescue

• Laetitia Charlotte Brooke d. 11 Nov 1783
• Selina Elizabeth Brooke b. c 1753, d. 1786
• Henry Brooke b. b 1755
• Arthur Brooke b. b 1755

REF:

• The Peerage
• Wikipedia