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Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st Baronet
Irish baronet and politician
Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st Baronet PC (Ire) (1726 – 7 March 1785)[1] was an Irish baronet and politician.
He was the son of Henry Brooke and his wife Lettice Burton, daughter of Benjamin Burton.[2] Brooke was educated at Trinity College Dublin[3] and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1746.[4] He was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh in 1752,[5] and became later Governor of County Fermanagh.[4] In 1761, Brooke was elected to the Irish House of Commons for County Fermanagh, a seat he held until 1783.[6] Subsequently, he represented Maryborough until his death in 1785.[6] On 3 January 1764, he was created a baronet, of Colebrooke, in the County of Fermanagh[7] and on 15 May 1770, he was invested to the Privy Council of Ireland.[8]