George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton
George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton (1 November 1754 – 12 August 1836)[1] was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1796, when he was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as Baron Brodrick.
Origins
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Brodrick was the eldest son and heir of
He succeeded his father in 1765, inheriting his Irish Viscouncy and the
Career
From 1774 to 1796 Midleton was able as an Irish peer to sit as one of the two
On 11 June 1796, Midleton was created Baron Brodrick of
Midleton died at Peper Harrow (his principal ancestral estate in England) on 12 August 1836,[2] and was buried at Wandsworth.[3]
Family
Midleton married first (4 December 1778) Frances Pelham, the second daughter of Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester by Anne, daughter of Frederick Meinhardt Frankland. By her, who died on 28 June 1783, he had a daughter, Frances Anne, who married Inigo Thomas. Midleton married secondly (13 June 1797) Maria Benyon, second daughter of Richard Benyon MP and his wife Hannah Hulse daughter of Sir Edward Hulse of Breamore House, Hampshire. Maria survived him, dying on 22 January 1852. They had six children, including:
- George Alan Brodrick, 5th Viscount Midleton
- Harriet Brodrick, who married her cousin, William John Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton.[6]
References
- ^ The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760. 21 November 1754.
- ^ a b c G.E.Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, Volume VIII (1932), p. 703
- ^ a b "Brodrick, George, Viscount Midleton (BRDK772G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Name: Peper Harow Park List entry Number: 1435898". English heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ "BRODRICK, George, 4th Visct. Midleton I (1754-1836), of Peper Harrow, Surr". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Midleton of Midleton
