Thomas Brooke, 2nd Viscount Alanbrooke (9 January 1920 – 19 December 1972) was a British peer. He was the son of Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke. From an

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Anglo-Irish

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family, Brooke received his education at

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in Berkshire and fought in the

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in the

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. He was a writer and a water colour artist. He was unmarried and the viscountcy passed to his half-brother,

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. Upon the death of the 3rd Viscount in 2018, the viscountcy became extinct.King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Service. Papers of FM Alan Francis BROOKE, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke of Brookeborough, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (1883–1963)
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* 1920 births 1972 deaths People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire Royal Artillery officers British Army personnel of World War II {{UK-viscount-stub