Victor Brooke, 3rd Viscount Alanbrooke
Alan Victor Harold Brooke, 3rd Viscount Alanbrooke (24 November 1932 – 10 January 2018),[1] was a British peer.
Known to his family and friends as Victor Brooke or Victor Alanbrooke, he was the son of Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Alanbrooke and his second wife, Benita.
Brooke was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, from where in 1952 he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery. He gave up his British Army career in 1972, having risen only to the rank of captain.[2] On 19 December 1972, upon the death of his half-brother Thomas, he succeeded to the viscountcy and a seat in the House of Lords.[2] In 1973, he joined Bristol University and, in 1976, graduated as a Bachelor of Education and earned Qualified Teacher Status.[2]
In his recreations in Debrett's, he listed "enjoying post-Lloyd's poverty, rearranging the wreckage for remaining family." He was a keen walker and spent most summers hiking the Cornish Coastal Path, alternating each time between a clockwise or anti-clockwise route to ensure, he said, "That my face rusts evenly on both sides".
Lord Alanbrooke lived in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, where his father is buried. He died on 10 January 2018 and his funeral took place at St Eligius Church, Arborfield. The viscountcy became extinct on his death.
References
edit- ^ "Alanbrooke". Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ a b c Charles Mosley, ed. (1999). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition. Vol. 1. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. p. 47.