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 County Fermanagh as well as County 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 inherited 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 County Donegal 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]

Arms
Coat of arms of Henry Vaughan Brooke
Notes
Granted posthumously to Brooke and his descendants by Sir Chicester Fortescue, Ulster King of Arms, on 26 February 1808, on petition by Thomas Grove.[6]
Crest
A badger passant Proper.
Escutcheon
Or a cross engrailed per pale Gules and Sable.
Motto
Gloria Finis

Notes
  1. Johnston-Lilk (2006), p. 73
  2. Lowry-Corry (1887), pp. 303–304
  3. Burtchaell (1935), p. 99
  4. Thorne (1986), p. 263
  5. "Brookeborough Papers" (PDF). Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  6. "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. C". National Library of Ireland. p. 52. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

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.
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