Word: fermanagh
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Washington last week, he went right on acting as if he were happy to be a King's man. Beaming with good humor, Sir Basil told the National Press Club that one of his ancestors, a Sir Arthur Brooke of Fermanagh, was none other than the man who set fire to the White House during the War of 1812. He added: "When I passed the White House today, and saw the scaffolding, I thought to myself that he did a pretty good...