Henry Brooke

Brooke, Henry (?1703-1783), novelist. Born in Co. Cavan, he was educated at TCD. His philosophical poem Universal Beauty (1735) was followed by a translation of Books I-III of Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata (1738). In 1739 his play Gustavus Vasa: The Deliverer of His Country was banned by the Lord Chamberlain for its alleged attack on the Prime Minister, Robert Walpole. Under the title The Patriot it was produced in 1744 in Dublin. Brooke's later dramatic works include Betrayer of His Country (1742), The Earl of Essex (1750), and Anthony and Cleopatra (1778). His political writings began with The Farmer's Six Letters to the Protestants of Ireland (1745), warning his co-religionists of the Jacobite threat. However, The Tryal of the Cause of the Roman Catholics (1761) argued for an alleviation of the Penal Laws. Brooke is best remembered for The Fool of Quality (1765-70), a novel of sentiment, which he followed with the less successful Juliet Grenville (1774). Charlotte Brooke, his only surviving child, cared for him in his dotage.

Henry Brooke may refer to:

• Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham (1564–1618), English peer, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Lord Lieutenant of Kent, plotter against James I
• Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet (died 1664), English soldier and Cheshire
• Henry Brooke (Irish politician) (1671–1761), Irish MP for Dundalk and Fermanagh
• Henry Brooke (writer) (1703–1783), Irish novelist and dramatist
• Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor (1903–1984), British life peer and Conservative Party politician
• Henry Brooke (judge) (born 1936), British former Lord Justice of Appeal

See also

• Henry Luesing Brooks, (1905–1971), United States federal judge
• Harry Brooks (disambiguation)

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