Family and Education
b. ?1655, 2nd s. of St. John Brodrick and bro. of Thomas Brodrick. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 3 May 1672, aged 16; M. Temple 1670, called 1678. m. (1) Catherine, da. of Raymond Barry of Rathcormick, co. Cork, 1s. 1da.; (2) lic. 16 Oct. 1693, Lucy (buried 30 June 1703), da. of Sir Peter Courthope of Little Island, co. Cork, 2s. 1da.; (3) 1 Dec. 1716, Anne, da. and eventually h. of Sir John Trevor, master of the rolls, wid. of Rt. Hon. Michael Hill of Hillsborough, co. Down, s.p. cr. Baron Brodrick [I] 13 Apr. 1715; Visct. Midleton [I] 15 Aug. 1717.
Offices Held
M.P. [I] 1692 – 1710, 1713 – 14; Speaker, House of Commons [I] 1703 – 10, 1713–14.
Recorder, Cork 1690; serjeant-at-law 1691, solicitor-gen. [I] 1695 – 1704; P.C. [I] 1703 – 11, 1714 – d.; attorney-gen. [I] 1707 – 09; c.j. of Queen’s bench [I] 1709 – 11; ld. chancellor [I] 1714 – 25; ld. justice [I] 1717, 1719, 1723, 1724.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Midleton, co. Cork; Peper Harrow Park, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
BRODRICK, Alan (?1655-1728)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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