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He came of a mainly south-west [[Surrey]] family who in the early 17th century, in Sirs St John and Thomas Brodrick, were granted land in the south of [[Ireland]], mainly in [[County Cork]]. The former settled at [[Midleton]], between [[Cork (city)|Cork]] and [[Youghal]] in 1641; and his son [[Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton|Alan Brodrick]] (1660–1728), Speaker of the [[Irish House of Commons]] and [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland]], was created Baron Brodrick in 1715 and Viscount Midleton in 1717 in the Irish peerage.
In 1796 the title of Baron Brodrick in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]] was created. The English family seat at [[Peper Harrow]], near [[Godalming]], Surrey, was designed by [[William Chambers (architect)|Sir William Chambers]]. [[William Brodrick, 8th Viscount Midleton|The 8th Viscount Midleton]] was a [[conservatism|conservative]] in politics, holding seats West Surrey and Guildford in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] (November 1885 - January 1906), and who was responsible in the [[House of Lords]] for carrying the [[
He maintained three homes: Peper Harow (House); 34 Portland Place, London (telephone number on the Langham exchange); Midleton (House), Ireland.<ref name=who/> His family-settled land was probated before his widow's death in 1943 at {{GBP|68290|1943|round=-4|about=yes}} and £55,624 in other assets in 1942.<ref>https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Calendar of Probates and Administrations, 1942 and 1943</ref>
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