Background
He was the son of Sir Arthur Brooke, 2nd Baronet, an Ulster aristocrats from County Fermanagh in the north of Ireland and succeeded to his title and the Colebrook estate in 1854.
He was the son of Sir Arthur Brooke, 2nd Baronet, an Ulster aristocrats from County Fermanagh in the north of Ireland and succeeded to his title and the Colebrook estate in 1854.
Harrow School.
He studied at Harrow and then traveled abroad, being a keen sportsman who enjoyed big game hunting. His proposed work on antelopes remained unfinished at his death. The plates by Joseph Smit and Joseph Wolf were later reused in Philip Sclater and Oldfield Thomas"s The Book of Antelopes (1894-1900).
He was a magistrate, deputy lieutenant and Sheriff of Fermanagh.
The youngest was Alan - later Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke. Lady Brooke died in July 1920.