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Sir Henry Brooke, Knight

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Brookeborough, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Death: 1671 (58-59)
County Donegal, Ireland
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Basil Brooke of Brookeborough and Lady Ann Brooke
Husband of Elizabeth Winter; Elizabeth Wilson Brooke and Anne Brooke
Father of George Brooke; Henry Brooke; Anne Brasier; Richard Brooke; Elizabeth Brooke and 11 others
Brother of Anne Crofton; John Brooke; Ellis Brooke; Mathew Brooke and William Brooke

Occupation: High Sheriff of County Fermanagh
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About Sir Henry Brooke, of Brooke Borough, MP

He was granted land at Brookeborough, County Donegal, for his services during the Uprising of 1641.2 He held the office of Governor of County Donegal.2 He was invested as a Knight in 1664.2 He held the office of High Sheriff of County Fermanagh in 1669.2 He lived at Brooke Borough, County Fermanagh, Ireland.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Brooke's Borough, County Fermanagh


From Burke's Peerage....................

"Sir Henry Brooke, also governor of Donegal, received in recompense for his services during the rebellion of 1641, grants of lands in the Co. Fermanagh. He married for his 3rd wife the dau. of Sir Oliver St George, and by her left (with a dau. Elizabeth, married to Hamilton, 1st Lord Boyne) a son & heir"

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When Sir Henry Brooke was born in 1618, in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland, his father, Sir Basil Brooke, was 34 and his mother, Ann Leycester, was 32. He married Anne St. George on 19 September 1652, in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 31 August 1671, in his hometown, at the age of 53, and was buried in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland.

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"The Brooke family descends from Sir Basil Brooke (born 1567),[2] a captain in the English Army in Ireland and Governor of County Donegal in West Ulster, who was granted extensive lands in that county. His son, Sir Henry Brooke (died 1671), was granted the lands of and around Achadh Lon (renamed in English as Brookeborough) in County Fermanagh, also in West Ulster. He was Governor of County Donegal and a Member of the Irish Parliament for Brookeborough. His son, Thomas Brooke (died c. 1696), of Colebrooke, County Fermanagh, was a Member of the Irish Parliament and supporter of William III and Mary II. The estates were forfeited by James II."
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount_Brookeborough]

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"Sir Basil's son and successor (by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of John Leycester, of Toft),
SIR HENRY BROOKE (c1613-71), Knight, of Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Governor of Donegal, High Sheriff of County Fermanagh, 1669, MP for Donegal, 1661-6, received, in recompense for his services during the rebellion of 1641, grants of lands in County Fermanagh.
Sir Henry married firstly, Elizabeth, daughter of Captain John Wynter; and secondly, Anne, daughter of Sir George St George Bt, of Carrickdrumrusk, County Leitrim.
For his third wife, Mr Brooke espoused Elizabeth, daughter of Henry, Lord Docwra.
He died in 1671, and was succeeded by the eldest son (by his second wife),"
[http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2010/11/brooke-bar...]

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Sir Henry Brooke, of Brooke Borough, MP's Timeline

1612
1612
Brookeborough, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
1620
1620
1647
1647
1649
1649
1650
1650
Much Marcle, Hereford, England (United Kingdom)
1652
1652
1654
1654
Much Marcle, Hereford, England (United Kingdom)
1658
1658
County Fermanagh, Ulster, Ireland