Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough

Northern Irish politician

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1888

Place of Birth: County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Aug-1973

Profession: politician, military officer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, (9 June 1888 – 18 August 1973), styled as Sir Basil Brooke, 5th Baronet, from 1907–52, was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who became the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in May 1943, holding office until March 1963. Lord Brookeborough had previously held several ministerial positions in the Government of Northern Ireland, and has been described as "perhaps the last Unionist leader to command respect, loyalty and affection across the social and political spectrum of the movement".
He has also been described as one of the most hardline anti-Catholic leaders of the UUP.