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Brooke, Basil Stanlake, 5th Baronet and 1st Viscount Brookeborough
Brooke, Basil Stanlake, 5th Baronet and 1st Viscount Brookeborough (b. 9 June 1888, d. 18 Aug. 1973). Prime Minister of Northern Ireland 1943–63 Born in Colebrooke, Co. Fermanagh, and educated at Winchester and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. A minister in the government of Northern Ireland during the 1930s, he replaced J. M. Andrews as Prime Minister in May 1943. He modernized the government in membership and policy, and after the war was heavily involved in the application of the Attlee government's welfare reforms to Northern Ireland. In the 1950s, he presided over an economic expansion, which led him to overestimate his grip on the province. He failed to appreciate the strength of Catholic feeling against his government, which was compounded by his decision to oppose the selection of Catholics as candidates for his Ulster Unionist Party. He was replaced by Terence O'Neill in 1963.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Brooke, Basil Stanlake, 5th Baronet and 1st Viscount Brookeborough." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Brooke, Basil Stanlake, 5th Baronet and 1st Viscount Brookeborough." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-BrkBslStnlk5thBrntnd1stVs.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Brooke, Basil Stanlake, 5th Baronet and 1st Viscount Brookeborough." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-BrkBslStnlk5thBrntnd1stVs.html |
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Brooke, Sir Basil, 1st Lord Brookeborough
Brooke, Sir Basil, 1st Lord Brookeborough (1880–1974). Prime minister of Northern lreland 1943–63 and indelibly associated with the comment ‘a Protestant Parliament and a Protestant State’. Descended from Ulster plantation landowners, Brooke came late to politics after a military career. He was behind the establishment of the Ulster Special Constabulary, minister of agriculture 1933–40, and the most active of Sir James Craig's administration. Minister of commerce 1940–3, his criticism of the ineffective response to wartime emergency led to his assuming premiership. He was an intransigent opponent of any concessions to catholic minority and conservative in economic affairs while premier. During the tumultuous years following his retirement, he was an outdated and all-too-easily ridiculed man.
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JOHN CANNON. "Brooke, Sir Basil, 1st Lord Brookeborough." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Brooke, Sir Basil, 1st Lord Brookeborough." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BrookeSirBsl1stLrdBrkbrgh.html JOHN CANNON. "Brooke, Sir Basil, 1st Lord Brookeborough." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BrookeSirBsl1stLrdBrkbrgh.html |
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Basil Stanlake Brooke Brookeborough, 1st Viscount
Basil Stanlake Brooke Brookeborough, 1st Viscount , 1888–1973, Northern Irish politician. After serving in the cavalry in World War I he was elected to the Senate of the first Northern Ireland Parliament (1921). He resigned the following year to lead the Ulster special constabulary against the Irish Republican Army's border raids in Fermanagh. Reelected (1929) as a Unionist member of Stormont, he served as minister of agriculture (1933–41), minister of commerce (1941–45), and prime minister (1943–63). A staunch advocate of Protestant dominance in Ulster, he remained opposed to any reconciliation with the Republic of Ireland. Created Viscount Brookeborough in 1952, he continued to sit at Stormont until 1968. |
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"Basil Stanlake Brooke Brookeborough, 1st Viscount." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Basil Stanlake Brooke Brookeborough, 1st Viscount." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Brookebo.html "Basil Stanlake Brooke Brookeborough, 1st Viscount." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Brookebo.html |
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Brooke, Sir Basil, 1st Lord Brookeborough
Brooke, Sir Basil, 1st Lord Brookeborough (1880–1974). Prime minister of Northern lreland 1943–63. Descended from Ulster plantation landowners, Brooke came to politics after a military career. He was behind the establishment of the Ulster Special Constabulary, minister of agriculture 1933–40, and the most active of Sir James Craig's administration. Minister of commerce 1940–3, his criticism of the ineffective response to wartime led to his premiership. He was an intransigent opponent of concessions to catholic minority and conservative in economic affairs.
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JOHN CANNON. "Brooke, Sir Basil, 1st Lord Brookeborough." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Brooke, Sir Basil, 1st Lord Brookeborough." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-BrookeSirBsl1stLrdBrkbrgh.html JOHN CANNON. "Brooke, Sir Basil, 1st Lord Brookeborough." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-BrookeSirBsl1stLrdBrkbrgh.html |
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