An Interview with Lord Brookeborough

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Details

Location

Belfast, Havelock House

Year

1962

Date

Production 29/09/1962

Length

05min 36sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Ernest Strathdee speaks to Lord Brookeborough and asks him about the relationship between the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Governor of Northern Ireland. This is an interesting insight into the history of this relationship and the workings of government at this level. This interview marks the time of Lord Wakehurst’s retirement.

Notes

Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, KG, CBE, MC, TD, PC (Ire) (9 June 1888 – 18 August 1973), styled Sir Basil Brooke, 5th Baronet between 1907 and 1952, was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who became the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in May 1943, holding office until March 1963.