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Born in Colebrook, Co Fermanagh, on 29 October 1923, he was the 3rd son of Sir Basil Stanlake Brooke, a Privy Councillor (Northern Ireland), CBE, MC, MP (Unionist) and Northern Ireland Minister of Commerce (subsequently 1st Viscount Brooksborough and Prime Minister of Northern Ireland), and Cynthia Mary [Sergison] of Colebrooke. Henry was privately tutored before attending Winchester College (1937-1939) and then Corpus where he studied Law, passing his Moderations in 1941 but then enlisting. As a Lieutenant in the Royal Armoured Corps he served in North Africa and Italy, survived being wounded, was awarded the Military Cross in 1944 and was killed in action near Ravenna on 17 April 1945 (aged 21).