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⚫ '''Francis Theophilius Brooke ], ]''' (] - ] ]) was an ] Director of ] and a member of ] Advisory Council <ref></ref>. He was killed, aged 69, by the ].
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⚫ '''Francis Theophilius Brooke''' ], ], ] (1851 – 30 July 1920) was an ] Director of ] and a member of ] Advisory Council.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://webpages.dcu.ie/~foxs/irhist/july_1920.htm |title=A chronology of the Troubles |access-date=9 June 2007 |archive-date=2 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602124127/http://webpages.dcu.ie/~foxs/irhist/july_1920.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was gunned down, aged 69, by elements of ]’s ] squad.
He was marked out for his activities as a judge, anti-republican activities, and his friendship with ]. As an ], Brooke was a signatory of the order proclaiming ] illegal.<ref>O'Halpin, Eunan & Ó Corráin, Daithí (2020), ''The Dead of the Irish Revolution''. Yale University Press, pg 156.</ref>


==Family== ==Family==
Brooke was a cousin of ] the future ] <ref></ref>. Brooke, a grandson of ], on his mother's side, and of ], on his father's<ref></ref>, was married twice; firstly to Alice Moore, a daughter of the ], (d. 1909) and secondly to Agnes Hibbert <ref></ref>. By his first wife he had three children; Alice Gertrude (later ''Doyne''), Lt. Col. George Frank Brooke and Henry Hastings Brooke<ref></ref>. Brooke was a cousin of ] (who was later created, in 1952, the 1st ]), the future ].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FHIS%2FHIS42_03%2FS0018246X9900852Xa.pdf&code=e5b82eeab2ba3e327005a5003ed21b36 |title=Cambridge Journals |access-date=9 June 2007 |archive-date=24 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524112841/http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FHIS%2FHIS42_03%2FS0018246X9900852Xa.pdf&code=e5b82eeab2ba3e327005a5003ed21b36 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
Brooke was also ] of ] and ], a ] in the ], a ] for ] and a ] of Ireland (1918), thus he was styled ''The Rt. Hon. Francis Brooke''<ref></ref>. Brooke was also ] of ] and ], a ] in the ], a ] for ] and an ] (1918), thus he was styled ''] Francis Brooke''.


In July ] he had attended the house party at ] hosted for ]'s stay there. <ref>Bailey, C (2007). ''Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty'', p130. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-670-91542-2</ref>. In July 1912 he had attended the house party at ] hosted for ]'s stay there.<ref>Bailey, C (2007). ''Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty'', p. 130. London: Viking. {{ISBN|978-0-670-91542-2}}</ref>


==Death== ==Death==
He was killed at his offices, in ], by ] members ] and Jim Slattery. On 30 July 1920, Brooke was killed at his ] offices, allegedly by ] (IRA) members ], Tom Keogh and Jim Slattery, in view of a colleague, who was spared. The inquest found Brooke had a pistol in his jacket pocket. Brooke's killing has been termed the only outright political assassination of the ].<ref>O'Halpin, pg 156</ref>


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Latest revision as of 09:21, 5 November 2024

Royal Navy officer For other people named Francis Brooke, see Francis Brooke (disambiguation).

Francis Theophilius Brooke PC, JP, DL (1851 – 30 July 1920) was an Anglo-Irish Director of Dublin and South Eastern Railways and a member of the Earl of Ypres' Advisory Council. He was gunned down, aged 69, by elements of Michael Collins’s IRA squad. He was marked out for his activities as a judge, anti-republican activities, and his friendship with Sir John French. As an Irish Privy Counsellor, Brooke was a signatory of the order proclaiming Dáil Éireann illegal.

Family

Brooke was a cousin of Sir Basil Brooke (who was later created, in 1952, the 1st Viscount Brookeborough), the future Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.

Career

Brooke was also Deputy Lieutenant of County Wicklow and County Fermanagh, a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, a Justice of the Peace for County Fermanagh and an Irish Privy Counsellor (1918), thus he was styled The Rt. Hon. Francis Brooke.

In July 1912 he had attended the house party at Wentworth Woodhouse hosted for George V's stay there.

Death

On 30 July 1920, Brooke was killed at his Dublin offices, allegedly by Irish Republican Army (IRA) members Paddy Daly, Tom Keogh and Jim Slattery, in view of a colleague, who was spared. The inquest found Brooke had a pistol in his jacket pocket. Brooke's killing has been termed the only outright political assassination of the Irish War of Independence.

References

  1. "A chronology of the Troubles". Archived from the original on 2 June 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2007.
  2. O'Halpin, Eunan & Ó Corráin, Daithí (2020), The Dead of the Irish Revolution. Yale University Press, pg 156.
  3. "Cambridge Journals". Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2007.
  4. Bailey, C (2007). Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty, p. 130. London: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-91542-2
  5. O'Halpin, pg 156
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