[ALANBROOKE: 7] Papers relating to Brooke's post-war life and career, 1927-1968
[ALANBROOKE: 7/1] Brooke's visit to Pau and Bagnères de Bigorre, France, 1946-1947
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1946 Dec 13-1947 Mar 5
Papers relating to visit by Brooke and his wife Benita Blanche Brooke to Pau and Bagnères de Bigorre, France, 22-23 Feb 1947, including correspondence concerning arrangements for the visit, Dec 1946-Feb 1947; drafts of speeches made by Brooke, Feb 1947; cuttings from French newspapers, Feb 1947. 1 file
[ALANBROOKE: 7/2/1-19]
1949
Papers relating to Queen's University of Belfast, including correspondence, May-Jul 1949, concerning Brooke's election as Chancellor, Jun 1949; letter to Brooke from Robert Bostock, 30 Aug 1949, sending him suggestions for Brooke's installation speech from Sir (Arthur) Shuldham Redfern; printed programme for the University's centenary celebrations, Sep 1949, including Brooke's installation ceremony. 1 file
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1956-1963
Papers relating to Queen's University of Belfast, including printed 'Vice-Chancellor's letter to graduates', 1954, 1956, 1962; texts of Vice-Chancellor's graduation addresses, 1953, 1955, 1959; printed programmes for graduation ceremonies and related correspondence, 1956-1961; 'Memorandum on university places in Northern Ireland and the case for the establishment of a university at Armagh', report by County Council of Armagh, Apr 1962.
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1964-1968
Papers relating to Queen's University of Belfast, including correspondence between the University and Brooke's wife, Benita Blanche Brooke, Jul 1964-Feb 1968, mainly concerning arrangements for her attendance at the opening of Queen's Elms Halls of Residence, Mar 1968; Vice-Chancellor's report, 1966-1967; student accommodation handbook, 1967-1968; booklets on Queen's Elms Halls of Residence, 1968.
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1923, 1949-1962
Press cuttings relating to events at Queen's University of Belfast, 1923, 1949-1962.
[ALANBROOKE: 7/3] Other papers relating to
Northern Ireland, 1945-1961, mainly
concerning honours and awards
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1945
Papers relating to Northern Ireland, mainly concerning honours and awards, including Northern Ireland Parliamentary debates (Hansard), vol 29, no 4, 24 Jul 1945, published by HMSO, including speech by Brooke's nephew Capt Rt Hon Sir Basil Stanlake Brooke, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, on Northern Ireland's contribution to World War Two, 1939-1945; printed minutes of Special Meeting of Belfast City Council, 14 Sep 1945, for the election and admission of FM Sir Bernard Law Montgomery as an Honorary Burgess of the City; printed programme for dinner given in the central hall of the Parliament Buildings, Stormont, by the Government of Northern Ireland, in honour of Brooke and FM Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 17 Oct 1945. 1 file
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1949-1961
Papers relating to Northern Ireland, mainly relating to honours and awards, including letter to Brooke from Belfast Chamber of Trade, 20 Sep 1949, asking him if he would speak at the Chamber's annual luncheon; printed programme for luncheon at Mansion House, London, on the occasion of the presentation of the Freedom of the City of Belfast and the City of Londonderry to Rt Hon Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, 16 Dec 1955; correspondence, press cuttings and other papers, Nov 1960-Jan 1961, relating to presentation of replica of Boyne Medal to Brooke by Parliament of Northern Ireland, 22 Nov 1960.
[ALANBROOKE: 7/4-16] Papers relating to
organisations and institutions with which Brooke
was associated, 1946-1963, dated 1934-1966
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1955-1960
Papers relating to American Memorial Chapel Fund, St Paul's Cathedral, mainly minutes of meetings, balance sheets and souvenir booklet. 1 file
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1952-1965
Papers relating to Corps of Commissionaires, including printed booklet of rules and regulations, 1952, minutes of meetings, annual reports and statements of accounts, 1960-1965, and correspondence relating to Brooke's retirement as President of the Administrative Board, 1963, and the election of Brooke's wife Benita Blanche Brooke as a Governor, 1964. 1 file
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1954-1963
Papers relating to the Forces Help Society and Lord Roberts Workshops, including annual reports and minutes of annual meetings, 1961-1962. With correspondence, minutes of meetings and other papers relating to the War Disabled Ex-Service Men's Exhibition (held at the Society's premises), 1954-1963. 1 file
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1934, 1946-1966
Papers relating to the Honourable Artillery Company, mainly printed rules and orders of the Company, 1934, with amendments, 1948-1949; printed lists of members, 1946, 1961; Journal of the Honourable Artillery Company, vol 24 no 247, Feb-Mar 1947, and vol 25 no 251, Oct-Nov, 1947; correspondence between Brooke, Maj Gen Joseph Montague Sabine Pasley, Commander, 1 Anti-Aircraft Gp, 1951, concerning possibility of transferring 2 Regt, Honourable Artillery Company, from 1 Anti-Aircraft Group to 56 Armoured Div; printed order of service for unveiling of Honourable Artillery Company War Memorial, Armoury House, London, 26 Jul 1952, with related correspondence, 1951; printed texts of the Company's Alanbrooke Memorial Lectures, 1965-1966. 1 file
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1948-1963
Papers relating to London Ulster Association, mainly correspondence relating to Annual Dinners and to Brooke's appointment as President, 1953. 1 file
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1950, 1957, 1960
Papers relating to Lord Lieutenancy of the County of London, mainly correspondence relating to Brooke's appointment to the office, 1950, and his retirement, 1957. 1 file
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1946-1957
Papers relating to Port of London Authority, mainly souvenir booklets, programmes and guest lists for visits to the Port, 1951-1957. 1 file
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1953-1954
Papers relating to the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation, mainly draft annual report, 1953, minutes of annual meeting of General Council, 1954, and souvenir booklet, 1954. 1 envelope
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1946-1962
Papers relating to the Royal Regiment of Artillery and the Royal Artillery Association, mainly correspondence, 1946-1962, notably relating to Brooke's appointment as Master Gunner, 1946, his retirement as Master Gunner, 1956, and Col Commandant, Royal Horse Artillery, 1957, and the opening of the Alanbrooke Barracks, School of Artillery, Larkhill, 1960; journals containing articles by or about Brooke, including The Army Quarterly, vol 54 no 1, Apr 1947 and The Gunner, vol 33 no 12, Dec 1951, vol 34 nos 3 and 4, Mar-Apr 1952, vol 42 no 11, Nov 1960, The Journal of the Royal Artillery, vol 58 no 3, Winter 1961, Royal Artillery Society Proceedings, vol 11 no 1, Jan 1967; printed promotional and souvenir pamphlets, 1949-1960; letter from Gen Sir Cameron Garden Graham Nicholson to Brooke, 18 Feb 1960, concerning Nicholson's retirement as Master Gunner and enclosing notes by Maj Gen Edward Dacre Howard-Vyse, Director of Royal Artillery, on views of Gen Sir Francis Wogan Festing, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, on future role and organisation of the Royal Horse Artillery, 21 Jan 1960. 3 files
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1940, 1947
Papers relating to the Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association, mainly printed copy of the Association's Royal Charter and Bye-Laws, 1940; correspondence relating to Brooke's election as Vice-President, 1947. 1 file
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1953-1966
Papers relating to the Star and Garter Home for Disabled Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen, Richmond, Surrey, mainly minutes of Governors' meetings, 1953-1954, 1962, printed order of service for unveiling and dedication of memorial in Richmond Cemetery, 1957, correspondence concerning Brooke's re-election as President, 1961, and draft annual report, 1962. 1 file
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1947-1954
Papers relating to the Tower of London, mainly The Tower of London, guidebook issued by Ancient Monuments Inspectorate of the Ministry of Works (HMSO, London, 1947); souvenir booklet, [1950]; correspondence about catering arrangements at Brooke's installation as Constable of the Tower, 1950, and at other receptions, 1951-1954; printed 'Historical notes of HM Tower of London', [1951], for use by Yeoman Warders. 1 file
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1950-1958
Papers relating to Zoological Society of London, mainly correspondence relating to receptions and annual meetings, 1950-1958; correspondence, Apr-May 1953, relating to dismissal of George Soper Cansdale as Superintendent to the Society, [Jan 1953] (CLOSED). 1 file
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1946-1954
Papers relating to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, mainly official correspondence between Brooke and the Treasury relating to Brooke's appointment and reappointment as Government-nominated Director of the Company, 1946-1953; correspondence and photographs, Jul 1948, relating to the visit of Muhammad Riza Pahlevi, Shah-an-Shah of Iran, to the Company's Sunbury Research Station, 24 Jul 1948; printed annual report, 1948. 1 file
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1959-1963
Papers relating to Belfast Banking Company Limited, mainly official and semi-official letters to Brooke from fellow directors, 1959-1963; annual reports of the Belfast Banking Company Limited, 1961-1962, and the Scottish Australian Company Limited, 1962; Belfast Bank Executor and Trustee Company Limited handbook, 1953. 1 file
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1953 Jun 17
Letter to Brooke from W D Shaw, Chairman of Board of Directors, Hill Thomson and Company Limited, informing him of his appointment as a Director of the Company. 1 letter
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1948-1963
Papers relating to Hudson's Bay Company, mainly correspondence relating to his appointment as a Director, 1948, and his retirement, 1959; papers relating to Brooke's tour of the Company's Canadian offices, depots and stores, 1949, including correspondence, Hudson's Bay Company publicity brochures, tourist guides and maps of Canada, notes on itinerary, photographs, Brooke's diary of his visit, 20 Jun-25 Jul 1949; 'Beaver House: headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company', souvenir booklet, 1951; North of 55º : Canada from the 55th Parallel to the Pole, edited by Clifford Wilson (Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1954); printed annual reports and accounts, 1961-1962. 1 box
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1954-1963
Papers relating to the Lowland Tanker Company Limited, mainly typescript annual report, 1953; correspondence relating to Brooke's appointment as a Director, 1954; monthly financial statements, 1959-1963. 1 file
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1946-1963
Papers relating to Midland Bank Limited, mainly correspondence relating to Brooke's election as a Director, 1946; 'Brief survey of banking and economic conditions in Northern Ireland', text of speech by Brooke to fellow directors, 30 Oct 1959; annual reports for Midland Bank Limited, 1961-1962, and Forward Trust Limited, 1961; Midland Bank Review, May 1963. 1 file
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1940, 1947-1963
Papers relating to the National Discount Company Limited, mainly articles of association, 1940; printed annual reports of National Discount Company Limited, 1947-1962, and Alexanders Discount Company Limited, 1949; correspondence relating to Brookes' appointment as a Director, 1948, and his retirement, 1963. 1 file
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1953-1962
Papers relating to Triplex Safety Glass Company Limited, mainly correspondence relating to Brooke's appointment as a Director, 1953, and his resignation, 1956; printed interim and annual reports for Triplex Safety Glass Company Limited, 1957, and Triplex Holdings Limited, 1959-1962. 1 file
[ALANBROOKE: 7/25-38] Papers relating to his
ornithological activities, 1952-1963,
dated 1944-1968
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[1952]-1963
Correspondence relating to Wildfowl Trust and World Wildlife Fund, mainly Wildfowl Trust publicity brochure, [1952]; letters to Brooke from Peter Markham Scott, Honorary Director of the Wildfowl Trust, 1958-1961, and Chairman of World Wildlife Fund (British National Appeal), 1962; correspondence concerning press treatment of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, President of World Wildlife Fund (British National Appeal), 1962; World Wildlife Fund press releases, 1963. 1 file
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1944-1945,1958-1963
Papers relating to various ornithological and wildlife organisations, mainly correspondence and printed pamphlets relating to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Naturalists' Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, British Trust for Ornithology, Norfolk Wildlife Park and Ornamental Pheasant Trust, British Ornithologists' Union, Council for Nature, Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, and Army Bird-Watching Society. 1 file
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1964-1968
Letters to Brooke's wife, Benita Blanche Brooke, from various ornithological and wildlife organisations, mainly thanking her for her subscriptions. 1 file
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1955-1963
Papers relating to bird-watching expeditions, notably correspondence, 1955-1958, concerning expedition by Brooke and others to Coto Doñana, Spain, Apr-May 1956 and May-Jun 1957; report on Coto Doñana trip, 1956, compiled by I J Ferguson-Lees, [1957]; correspondence relating to Brooke's bird-watching vacations in the Netherlands, 1956-1961; correspondence, 1957-1958, relating to première of Wild Spain, Eric (John) Hosking's film of the [1956 and 1957] Coto Doñana expeditions, 1958; letters to Brooke from fellow ornithologists, 1958-1963, notably Hoskings, G K C Van Tienhoven and Maj Anthony Buxton. 11 files
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1963-1965
Papers relating to Brooke's funeral, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, 26 Jun 1963, mainly lists of attendees; galley proof and final versions of order of service; list of senders of floral tributes; press photographs of Brooke's funeral. With press cuttings relating to Brooke, 1963-1964, mainly to his death and funeral; correspondence between Brooke's widow, Benita Blanche Brooke, and Sir Anthony (Richard) Wagner, Garter King of Arms, regarding details of Brooke's entry in records of the College of Arms, 1964; order of service for dedication of memorial to Brooke, Royal Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst, 21 Nov 1965. 8 files
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1963
Press cuttings relating to Brooke, mainly notices of his death, tributes, obituaries and retrospective articles on his life and career. 1 file
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1963
Journals and magazines containing obituaries of Brooke or notices of his death, comprising Royal Artillery Regimental News, Jul 1963; Journal of the Honourable Artillery Company, vol 40 no 341, Aug 1963; The Eagle (magazine of the Glider Pilot Regimental Association), vol 3 no 17, Autumn 1963; Bird Notes, vol 30 no 8, Autumn 1963; British Schools Exploring Society annual report, 1962-1963, printed in 1963; Corps of Commissionaires annual circular, 1963. 1 file
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1963-1967
Letters to Brooke's widow, Benita Blanche Brooke, from family, friends and colleagues, mainly letters of condolence following Brooke's death, Jun 1963. 4 files