Viscount Midleton
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Midleton
Midleton, historically Middleton , is a town in south-eastern County Cork, Ireland. It lies some 22 km east of Cork City on the Owenacurra River and the N25 road, which connects Cork to the port of Rosslare...
in the County of Cork
County Cork
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, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland
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. It was created in 1717 for Alan Brodrick, 1st Baron Brodrick
Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton
Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton PC was an Irish lawyer and politician.-Background:He was the second son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, near Midleton in County Cork, by his wife Alice , daughter of Laurence Clayton of Mallow, County Cork and sister of Colonel Randall Clayton M.P., of...
, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland
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and former Speaker of the Irish House of Commons
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. He had already been created Baron Brodrick, of Midleton in the County of Cork, in 1715, also in the Peerage of Ireland. His grandson, the third Viscount, represented Ashburton
Ashburton (UK Parliament constituency)
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and New Shoreham
New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)
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in the British House of Commons
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. His son, the fourth Viscount, sat as a Member of Parliament for Whitchurch
Whitchurch (UK Parliament constituency)
Whitchurch was a parliamentary borough in the English County of Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1586 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
. In 1796 he was created Baron Brodrick, of Peper Harrow in the County of Surrey
Surrey
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, in the Peerage of Great Britain
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, with a special remainder to the heirs male of his father, the third Viscount. On the death of his son, the fifth Viscount, this line of the family failed.
He was succeeded by his first cousin, the sixth Viscount. He was the eldest son of Charles Brodrick
Charles Brodrick
The Right Reverend Charles Brodrick was a reforming Irish clergyman and Archbishop of Cashel in the Church of Ireland.-Origins and education:...
, Archbishop of Cashel
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, fourth son of the third Viscount. His nephew, the eighth Viscount, briefly represented Mid Surrey
Mid Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
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in the House of Commons as a Conservative
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and served as Lord Lieutenant of Surrey
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between 1896 and 1905. His son, the ninth Viscount, was a prominent Conservative politician and government minister. In 1920 he was created Earl of Midleton and Viscount Dunsford, of Dunsford in the County of Surrey, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. However, these titles became extinct on the death of his son, the second Earl, in 1979. The Irish titles and barony of Brodrick was passed on to his second cousin, the eleventh Viscount. He was the grandson of Reverend the Hon. Alan Brodrick, youngest son of the seventh Viscount. the titles are held by the eleventh Viscount's son, the twelfth Viscount, who succeeded in 1988.
The ancestral seat of the Brodrick family was Peper Harrow near Godalming
Godalming
Godalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
. However, the house was sold in 1944 by the second Earl of Midleton.
Viscounts Midleton (1717)
- Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount MidletonAlan Brodrick, 1st Viscount MidletonAlan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton PC was an Irish lawyer and politician.-Background:He was the second son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, near Midleton in County Cork, by his wife Alice , daughter of Laurence Clayton of Mallow, County Cork and sister of Colonel Randall Clayton M.P., of...
(1656–1728)- Hon. St John BrodrickSt John Brodrick (died 1728)The Honourable St John Brodrick , was an Irish politician.Brodrick was son of Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton and brother of Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton....
(1685–1702)
- Hon. St John Brodrick
- Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount MidletonAlan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount MidletonAlan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton was a British peer and significant cricket patron who was jointly responsible for creating the earliest known written rules.-Cricket patronage:...
(1702–1747) - George Brodrick, 3rd Viscount MidletonGeorge Brodrick, 3rd Viscount MidletonGeorge Brodrick, 3rd Viscount Midleton was a British nobleman.-Origins:Brodrick was the first and only surviving son of Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton and Mary Capell, the second daughter of Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex. The Brodricks were an English family that had settled in Ireland...
(1730–1765) - George Brodrick, 4th Viscount MidletonGeorge Brodrick, 4th Viscount MidletonGeorge Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton was a British nobleman.-Origins:Brodrick was the eldest son and heir of George Brodrick, 3rd Viscount Midleton and Albinia, the daughter of the Hon Thomas Townshend...
(1754–1836) - George Alan Brodrick, 5th Viscount Midleton (1806–1848)
- Charles Brodrick, 6th Viscount Midleton (1791–1863)
- William John Brodrick, 7th Viscount MidletonWilliam Brodrick, 7th Viscount MidletonWilliam John Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton was an Irish peer and Anglican clergyman, styled Hon. William John Brodrick from 1849 to 1863. Brodrick was the second son of Charles Brodrick, Archbishop of Cashel. He was the Dean of Exeter in the Church of England from 1863 to 1867 and an Honorary...
(1798–1870) - William Brodrick, 8th Viscount MidletonWilliam Brodrick, 8th Viscount MidletonWilliam Brodrick, 8th Viscount Midleton , was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background:Midleton was the son of Reverend William John Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton, Dean of Exeter and Chaplain to Queen Victoria, son of the Right Reverend the Hon. Charles Brodrick, Archbishop of Cashel...
(1830–1907) - William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 9th Viscount MidletonSt John Brodrick, 1st Earl of MidletonWilliam St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, KP, PC , known as St John Brodrick until 1907 and as The Viscount Midleton between 1907 and 1920, was a British Conservative Party politician....
(1856–1942) (created Earl of Midleton in 1920)
Earls of Midleton (1920)
- William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of MidletonSt John Brodrick, 1st Earl of MidletonWilliam St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, KP, PC , known as St John Brodrick until 1907 and as The Viscount Midleton between 1907 and 1920, was a British Conservative Party politician....
(1856–1942) - George St John Brodrick, 2nd Earl of MidletonGeorge Brodrick, 2nd Earl of MidletonGeorge St John Brodrick, 2nd Earl of Midleton was an English aristocrat.He succeeded his father as the Earl of Midleton in 1942. He was also married to the film actress Rene Ray....
(1888–1979)
Viscounts Midleton (1717; Reverted)
- Trevor Lowther Brodrick, 11th Viscount Midleton (1903–1988)
- Alan Henry Brodrick, 12th Viscount Midleton (b. 1949)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
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is the present holder's son the Hon. Ashley Rupert Brodrick (b. 1980)