John Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough
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John Warden Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough, PC (November 9, 1922 – March 5, 1987) was an Ulster Unionist politician, the son of the Northern Irish UUP leader the 1st Viscount Brookeborough, who succeeded his father as Stormont MP for Lisnaskea in 1968. He retained that seat until the proroguing of the Northern Ireland Parliament in 1972.
He was a member of a dissident group of Ulster Unionist backbench MPs who campaigned for the removal of Terence O'Neill as Prime Minister. When O'Neill finally resigned in April 1969 his successor, James Chichester-Clark, brought some of this dissident group into his government. Brooke was made Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce (1969-1970). Under Brian Faulkner's premiership, he was government Chief Whip (1971-1972).
In the Northern Ireland Assembly (1973-74) he represented North Down. When the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland was founded by pro Sunningdale Agreement members of the Ulster Unionists Brooke joined and was again elected for North Down to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (1975-76). He also represented the views of the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland (UPNI) in the House of Lords.
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| Parliament of Northern Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Basil Brooke |
Member of Parliament for Lisnaskea 1968 - 1972 |
Succeeded by Position prorogued |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Basil Brooke |
Viscount Brookeborough 1973–1987 |
Succeeded by Alan Brooke |
Categories: 1922 births | 1987 deaths | Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom | People from County Fermanagh | Members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention | Ulster Unionist Party politicians | Unionist Party of Northern Ireland politicians | Members of the Parliament of Northern Ireland | Members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland
