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On 28th July 1864 [his father] Victor Alexander Brooke 3rd Baronet (age 21) and [his mother] Alice Bellingham (age 20) were married.
On 23rd July 1883 Field-Marshal Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke was born to Victor Alexander Brooke 3rd Baronet (age 40) and Alice Bellingham (age 39).
On 23rd November 1891 [his father] Victor Alexander Brooke 3rd Baronet (age 48) died.
On 9th January 1920 [his son] Thomas Brooke 2nd Viscount Alanbrooke was born to Field-Marshal Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (age 36).
On 27th July 1920 [his mother] Alice Bellingham (age 76) died.
In 1929 Field-Marshal Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (age 45) and Benita Pelly (age 37) were married.
On 24th November 1932 [his son] Victor Brooke 3rd Viscount Alanbrooke was born to Field-Marshal Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (age 49).
The London Gazette 37315. Whitehall, October 19, 1945. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 19th ultimo, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom upon Field-Marshal Sir Alan Francls Brooke (age 62), G.C.B., D.S.O., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Alanbrooke, of Brookeborough in the County of Fermanagh.
In 1946 Field-Marshal Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (age 62) was appointed 898th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 50).
The London Gazette 37407. CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.
St. James's Palace, S.W.1. 1st January, 1946.
The King has been graciously pleased to signify His Majesty's intention of conferring Peerages of the United Kingdom on the following military war leaders: —
To be Viscounts:
Field-Marshal the Right Honourable Alan Francis, BARON ALANBROOKE (age 62) [Viscount Alanbrook], G.C.B., D.S.O., Aide-de-Camp General to the King.
Field-Marshal the Honourable Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George ALEXANDER, G.C.B., C.S.I., D.S.O., M.C., Aide-de-Camp General to the King.
Admiral of the Fleet the Right Honourable Andrew Browne, BARON CUNNINGHAM OF HYNDHOPE, K.T., G.C.B., D.S.O.
Field-Marshal Sir Bernard Law MONTGOMERY (age 58) [Viscount Montgomery of El Alamein], G.C.B., D.S.O.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Right Honourable Charles Frederick . Algernon, BARON PORTAL OF HUNGERFORD, G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C.
To be Barons:
Admiral Sir Bruce Austin FRASER, G.C.B., K.B.E.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur William TEDDER, G. C. B.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cronyn TOVEY, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King.
Field-Marshal Sir Henry Maitland WILSON, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O., Aide-de-Camp General to the King.
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On 17th June 1963 Field-Marshal Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (age 79) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Hartley Wintney [Map]. His son [his son] Thomas (age 43) succeeded 2nd Viscount Alanbrook, 2nd Baron Alanbrooke of Brookeborough in County Fermanagh,
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In 1968 [his former wife] Benita Pelly (age 76) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Brooke 1st Baronet
GrandFather: Arthur Brooke 2nd Baronet
Father: Victor Alexander Brooke 3rd Baronet
Field-Marshal Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
GrandFather: Alan Bellingham 3rd Baronet
Mother: Alice Bellingham
GrandMother: Elizabeth Clarke