Sir Alan Francis 1883-1963 1st Viscount Alyanybrooke British field marshal.

(Chawner) (1887-1915) English poet. He stands as a symbol of the World War I “lost generation”. His five war sonnets, the best known of which is ‘The Patriot’, were published posthumously. Other notable works include ‘Grantchester’ and ‘The Great Lover’.

(1934-) British Conservative politician, a Member of Parliament from 1977. Appointed chair of the Conservative Party by Margaret Thatcher 1987, he was Northern Ireland secretary 1989–92, and National Heritage secretary 1992–94.
Brooke was educated at Oxford and worked as a management consultant in New York and Brussels. The son of a former home secretary, Lord Brooke of Cumnor, he became an MP 1977 and entered Thatcher's government 1979. Following a number of junior appointments, he succeeded Norman Tebbit as chair of the Conservative Party 1987. After an undistinguished two years in that office, he succeeded Tom King as Northern Ireland secretary 1989. He aroused criticism (and praise) for observing that at some future time negotiations with the IRA might take place. In 1991 his efforts to institute all-party, and all-Ireland, talks on reconciliation proved abortive but he continued to be held in high regard on both sides of the border. As National Heritage secretary, he argued for regulatory measures to protect against invasions of privacy by the press.

(1803-1868) British administrator who became rajah of Sarawak, on Borneo, 1841. In 1838 he headed a private expedition to Borneo, where he helped to suppress a revolt, for which the sultan gave him the title. Brooke became known as the “the white rajah”.

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