On 28th July 1864 [his father] Victor Alexander Brooke 3rd Baronet [aged 21] and [his mother] Alice Bellingham [aged 20] were married.
On 23rd July 1883 Field-Marshal Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke was born to Victor Alexander Brooke 3rd Baronet [aged 40] and Alice Bellingham [aged 39].
On 23rd November 1891 [his father] Victor Alexander Brooke 3rd Baronet [aged 48] died.
On 9th January 1920 [his son] Thomas Brooke 2nd Viscount Alanbrooke was born to Field-Marshal Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke [aged 36].
On 27th July 1920 [his mother] Alice Bellingham [aged 76] died.
In 1929 Field-Marshal Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke [aged 45] and Benita Pelly [aged 37] were married.
On 24th November 1932 [his son] Victor Brooke 3rd Viscount Alanbrooke was born to Field-Marshal Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 62] was appointed 898th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom [aged 50].
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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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 [aged 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 [aged 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.
On 17th June 1963 Field-Marshal Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke [aged 79] died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Hartley Wintney [Map]. His son Thomas [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Viscount Alanbrook, 2nd Baron Alanbrooke of Brookeborough in County Fermanagh,
In 1968 [his former wife] Benita Pelly [aged 76] died.
Field-Marshal Alan Brooke 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
Grandfather: Alan Bellingham 3rd Baronet
mother: Alice Bellingham
Grandmother: Elizabeth Clarke