Alexander Brodie (died 1770)

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Alexander Brodie of Lethen (died 28 April 1770) [1] was a Scottish politician.

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nairnshire from 1735 to 1741. [1]

He was the oldest son of Alexander Brodie (of Duneran 1691 and Lethen 1703), and his wife Sophia, a daughter of Sir Hugh Campbell of Calder. [2] He succeeded to his father's estates in 1745. [3] In 1754 he married Henrietta Grant, a daughter of the Colonel William Grant of Ballindalloch, [2] with whom he had two sons and three daughters. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
  2. 1 2 Foster, Joseph (1882). Members of Parliament, Scotland, including the minor barons, the commissioners for the shires, and the commissioners for the burghs, 1357–1882: on the basis of the parliamentary return 1880, with genealogical and biographical notices (2nd ed.). pp. 34–5. OL   17326078M . Retrieved 29 April 2015 via Open Library.
  3. 1 2 Watson, Paula (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.). "BRODIE, Alexander (d.1770), of Lethen, Nairnshire". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
John Campbell
Member of Parliament for Nairnshire
1735–1741
Vacant
alternating constituency with Elginshire
Title next held by
John Campbell from 1747