Henry Vaughan Brooke

Colonel Henry Vaughan Brooke (1743 – 27 November 1807)^[1] was an Irish politician.

Background

Brooke originated from a family with roots in the counties Fermanagh as well as 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 interited 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

Brooke entered the Irish House of Commons in 1776, having been elected for Donegal Borough.^[1] In 1783, he stood successfully for both Donegal County 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]

Notes

1 2 3 Johnston-Lilk (2006), p. 73
1 2 Lowry-Corry (1887), pp. 303–304
↑ Burtchaell (1935), p. 99
1 2 3 4 Thorne (1986), p. 263
↑ "Brookeborough Papers" (PDF). Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Retrieved 11 January 2010.

References

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.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Vaughan Brooke

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Barry Yelverton James Cuffe	Member of Parliament for Donegal Borough 1776–1783 With: James Cuffe 1776–1777 Robert Longfield 1777–1779 Henry Cope 1779–1783	Succeeded by Henry Hatton Viscount Sudley
Preceded by Robert Clements Alexander Montgomery	Member of Parliament for Donegal County 1783 – 1801 With: Alexander Montgomery 1783–1800 Viscount Sudley 1800–1801	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Hamilton Sir William Fortick	Member of Parliament for Augher 1783 With: William Richardson	Succeeded by William Richardson Samuel Hayes
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Ireland	Member of Parliament for Donegal 1801 – 1802 With: Viscount Sudley	Succeeded by Sir James Stewart, 7th Bt Viscount Sudley
Preceded by Sir James Stewart, 7th Bt Viscount Sudley	Member of Parliament for Donegal 1806–1807 With: Sir James Stewart, 7th Bt	Succeeded by Sir James Stewart, 7th Bt Henry Conyngham Montgomery

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