Clan Brodie
Clan Brodie | ||
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Brothaigh | ||
Plant badge Periwinkle | | |
Chief | ||
Alexander Brodie of Brodie | ||
The 27th Chief of Clan Brodie | ||
Historic seat | Brodie Castle |
Clan Brodie is a
Origins of the name
Early references to Brodie were written as Brochy, Brothy, Brothie, Brothu, or Brode.[1][2] Various meanings to the name Brodie have been advanced, but given the Brodies uncertain origin, and the varying ways Brodie has been pronounced/written, these remain but suppositions. Some of the suggestions that have been advanced as to the meaning of the name Brodie are:
- Gaelic for "a little ridge"; "a brow", or "a precipice";[3]
- "ditch" or "mire", from the old Irish word broth;[4]
- "muddy place", from the Gaelic word brothach;[5]
- "a point", "a spot", or "level piece of land", from the Gaelic word Brodha;[6]
- of Norman origin;[7] the French Dictionnaire de la Noblesse refers to a 13th-century Knight named Guy de Brothie, who married a daughter of the Knight Aimery de Gain from Limousin.[8]
- or originated from the
History
Origins of the clan
The origins of the Brodie clan are mysterious. Much of the early Brodie records were destroyed when
Early history
The lands of Brodie are between
After the Tòiseachs, whose names are lost, we find a reference to MacBeth, Thane of Dyke in 1262; next, in 1311, a Latin reference to Michael, filius Malconi, Thanus de Brothie et Dyke. It is unclear if Macbeth, Thane of Dyke, is of the same line as Michael. Accordingly, the Brodie Chiefs claim descent from Michael's referred father, Malcome, as First Chief and Thane of Brodie.[1][18][19]
Michael Brodie of Brodie received a charter from Robert the Bruce confirming his lands of Brodie.[20] The charter states that Brodie held his thanage of Brodie by the right of succession from his paternal ancestors.[20] The Brodie chiefs may have been descended from the royal Pictish family of Brude and there is so much evidence of Pictish settlement around Brodie that it has to be considered one reasonable explanation.[20]
15th- and 16th-century clan conflicts
Johne of Brode of that Ilk, the 7th chief of Clan Brodie, assisted
Clan Brodie joined the royal army led by the Earl of Atholl against the rebel son of the Lord of the Isles, Aonghas Óg. However, in 1481 Aonghas Óg defeated them at Lagabraad, killing 517 of the royal army.[23]
Thomame Brodye de iodem, the 11th chief, was killed defending against the English invasion at the
In 1550, Alexander "the rebel" Brodie of that Ilk, the 12th chief, with his clansmen, and the assistance of the Dunbars and Hays, attacked
In 1562, the said Alexander "the rebel", joined Clan Gordon and George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly in his rebellion against Mary, Queen of Scots. They were defeated at the Battle of Corrichie. Huntley died, Brodie escaped but was denounced a rebel, and his estates declared forfeited. For four years the sentence of outlawry hung over his head, but in 1566, the Queen having forgiven Clan Gordon for their disloyalty, included Alexander Brodie in the royal warrant remitting the sentence against them, and restoring them their possessions.[25]
17th century and Civil War
In 1645 Lord Lewis Gordon burnt down Brodie Castle, a Z-plan tower-house built in the mid-sixteenth century. The present building represents a restoration of that building, although the tower is believed to date back to 1430 and the newest parts were added 1820–30.[26] Nearby, on the Downie (Dounie) Hillock, there are the remains of an Iron Age fort.[27]
Lord Brodie of Brodie went twice to
Alexander Brodie of Lethen went south with a contingent of men. He commanded a troop with some credit at the disastrous Battle of Dunbar (1650).[33]
18th century and Jacobite uprisings
During the
During the Jacobite rising of 1745, the Brodie chief was Alexander Brodie of that Ilk, 19th chief of Brodie, Lord Lyon King of Arms.[35]
Naval
].By 1774, the Brodie
In 1788, Deacon William Brodie was executed. Deacon Brodie was a descendant of the Milton branch of Clan Brodie.[39]
19th century and India
James Brodie of Brodie's son, James Brodie, younger of Brodie, went to
On the death of the Duchess of Gordon in 1864, The Brodies of Brodie became beneficiaries of the Gordon estate; inheriting much of the Gordon moveable property.[47][48]
Recent history
A rare pontifical document was discovered in Brodie Castle in 1972 and is now housed in the British Museum. The document is thought to date back to 1000 CE, and shows evidence of associations with Durham.[13]
(Montague) Ninian Alexander Brodie of Brodie,[49] the 25th Chief, sometime a stage actor, died in 2003, having bequeathed Brodie Castle to the National Trust in 1978;[50] because his descendants were unhappy with this transfer, no Brodie now resides at the castle, the family wing being prepared for holiday letting.[51]
The 26th Chief, Ninian Brodie of Brodie's son, Alastair Ian Ninian, who also died in 2003 aged 61, lived in Cambridgeshire and worked in I.T., having dissociated himself from his position and family after his 1986 divorce from his first wife, Mary-Louise (née Johnson), an Australian socialite, who subsequently lived with their children in Paris;[52] his son is the present 27th Chief, Alexander Tristan Duff Brodie of Brodie.[53] Following the dissolution of her marriage, Mary-Louise Brodie – who had been displeased by the transferring of Brodie Castle to the National Trust – initiated legal proceedings against her father-in-law in order to secure a financial settlement she considered to be her children's birthright. Her former husband avoided any involvement in the situation, but their children also took their grandfather to court seeking financial contribution to their education and lifestyle; Alexander Brodie sought to have the transfer of Brodie Castle to the National Trust overturned, but met with no success.[51] The 26th Chief left the majority of his £300,000 estate to his second wife, with his successor, the 27th Chief, receiving £5,000.[54]
Traditions and legend
Tradition says a
The "blasted heath" where
Branches
Brodie of Brodie | Brodie of Spynie | Brodie of Lethen |
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Brodie of Mylntoun | Brodie of Mayne | Brodie of Rosthorn |
Brodie of Idvies | Brodie of Boxford | Cap. David Brodie |
Brodie-Wood of Keithick |
Callender-Brodie of Idvies |
Brodie-Innes of Milton Brodie |
[57][58] |
- The Thanes and The Chiefs of Brodie
- Brodies of Spynie
- Brodies of Asleisk
- Brodies of Lethen
- Brodie-Wood of Keithick
- Brodies of Idvies, The baronet of Idvies
- Callender-Brodie of Idvies
- Brodies of Muiresk
- Brodies of Coltfield
- Brodies of Milton
- Brodies of Windy Hills
- Brodies of Maine
- Brodie-Inneses of Milton Brodie
- Brodies of Eastbourne
- Brodies of Fernhill
- Brodies of Boxford, The baronets of Boxford
- Brodies of Caithness
Clan profile
- Clan chief: Alexander Tristan Duff Brodie of Brodie, 27th Chief of Clan Brodie;[59] and is a member of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs[60]
- heraldic crest and motto,
See also
- Scottish clan
- Brodie Castle
- Brodie (surname)
Notes and references
- ^ a b Genealogy of the Thanes and Brodies of Brodie[permanent dead link]
- ^ Shaw (1882), p. 238
- ^ Arthur (1857), p. 82.
- ^ Shaw (1882), pp. 248–249
- ^ "Brodie Name Meaning and Origin". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
- ^ Matheson (1905), p. 119
- ^ Meirs (2006), p. 301.
- ^ de la Chenaye Desbois (1774), p. 14, at IV Aimery de Gain;
- ^ a b Grimble (1980), p. 52.
- ^ Brodie, James (1991), p. 1.
- ^ rampantscotland.com
- ^ Rampini (1897), pp. 257–258
- ^ a b c d "Clan History". Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
- ^ Bain (1893), p. 54.
- ^ Bain (1893), p. 143.
- ^ Bain (1893), pp. 134–135
- ^ Rampini (1897), p. 258.
- ^ Bain (1893), pp. 91–92.
- ^ Barrow (1998), p. 58, p. 70, p.72 and Appendix: Moray-Brodie, Moray-Dyke
- ^ ISBN 0-00-470547-5.
- ^ Mackenzie(1894).
- ^ The Celtic magazine, pp. 166–167.
- ^ Mackenzie (1881), p. 98.
- ^ Bain (1893), p. 221
- ^ a b Bain (1893), p. 230
- ^ "Site Record for Brodie Castle; Brodie Castle Policies; Brodie Estate". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 3 August 2020.. Castle Brodie is at grid reference NH9795957775
- ^ "Site Record for Downie Hillock; Dounie Hillock". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
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(help). Downie Hillock fort is at grid reference NH96755815 and discussed in Shepherd, I (1991). "Downie Hillock (Dyke & Moy parish): defensive bank". Discovery and Excavation in Scotland (39). - ^ Bain (1893), pp. 259–272.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry: Brodie Brody, Alexander, of Brodie, Lord Brodie (1617–1680)[1]
- ^ Brodie of Brodie (1863).
- ^ Bain (1893), pp. 258–287.
- ^ Lord Brodie: his life and times, 1617–80. With continuation to the Revolution (1904)[2]
- ^ Bain (1893), p. 274.
- ^ Bain (1893), pp. 302–304
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry: Brodie, Alexander, of Brodie (1697–1754)[3]
- ^ genealogy of the Brodies of Muiresk
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry: Brodie, David (1707?–1787), naval officer [4]
- ^ Bain (1893), pp. 433–434
- ^ Genealogy of the Brodies of Milton
- ^ Bain (1893), pp. 389–390.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry: Gordon née Brodie, Elizabeth, duchess of Gordon (1794–1864)[5]
- ^ Electric Scotland-Historic Earls and Earldoms of Scotland, Chapter III – Earldom and Earls of Huntly, Section XIX [6]
- ^ Gordon (1865).
- ^ "Adyar.net". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
- ^ "The Hindu, Monday, 13 Mar 2006". Archived from the original on 17 March 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
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- ^ Gordon, Elizabeth, The Most Noble, Duchess of; date 22 April 1864; T. Misc. Papers 22 April 1864; SC1/37/53/pp523-584; Will can be accessed online at link [7]
- ^ for info on "moveable property" see link
- ^ "Ninian Brodie of Brodie". 7 March 2003.
- ^ "Ninian Brodie of Brodie". The Scotsman. 6 March 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ a b Seenan, Gerard (17 March 1999). "Heir today, gone tomorrow". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Alastair Brodie". The Herald. 5 November 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Family fails in bid to win back castle National Trust for Scotland to keep control of estate after Brodie grandchildren lose legal battle". 7 June 2002.
- ^ Fracassini, Camillo. "Heir snubbed in Brodie will".
- ^ Shaw (1882), pp. 236–237
- ^ Shaw (1882), pp. 173–174, pp. 218–219.
- ^ Paul (1893), p. 28, p. 41, p. 44.
- ^ Reference for Brodie arms: Heraldry-online, Brodie Arms, Officially Recorded in Scotland [8]
- ^ "BRODIE OF BRODIE, CHIEF OF BRODIE". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
- ^ "Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs – Members of the Standing Council". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- ^ a b Shaw (1882), p. 252.
- ^ The scottish tartans (1800), p. 23.
Bibliography
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- Rampini, Charles (1897). A History of Moray and Nairn. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood.
- Bain, George, F.S.A., Scotland (1893). History of Nairnshire. Nairn, Scotland: Nairn Telegraph Office.
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External links
- www.clanbrodie.us – The Clan Brodie Society of the Americas
- www.brodiewiki.com – Brodie Family Genealogy, Information, & Wiki
- Brodie heraldry