St John Brodrick (died 1728)
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British House of Commons
from 1721 to 1727.
Brodrick was a son of Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton and brother of Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton; his mother was his father's first wife, Catherine Barry, daughter of Redmond Barry of Rathcormac. He predeceased his father by some months.
Broderick represented
Member of Parliament for Bere Alston on petition on 6 June 1721 after a by-election and returned unopposed at the 1722 general election.[1]
As an MP he embarrassed his father by voting regularly against the government. Lord Midleton tried to brush over the matter in his private correspondence by excusing his son as a headstrong young man, not easily controlled even by his formidable father, whose bad temper was notorious.
By his wife Anne Hill, daughter of Michael Hill of
Sir John Redmond Freke, 3rd Baronet
.
References
- ^ "BRODRICK, Hon. St. John (c.1685-1728)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 23 September 2018.