Henry Brooke

(1703 c.-1783)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783 DNB: Brooke, Henry (c.1703–1783), writer and playwright LBT ID: HeBrook1783 VIAF ID: 39422726 LOC ID: n79033017	B/BAP: 1703 DIED: 1783-10-10
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Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was a barrister and author of two popular works, a tragedy, Gustavus Vasa (1739) and a novel The Fool of Quality, 5 vols (1776-70).