James Brodie (politician, born 1695)

For other people named James Brodie, see James Brodie (disambiguation).

James Brodie, 18th of Brodie (1695 – 2 October 1720)[1] was a Scottish clan chief and politician.

Broadie was the oldest son of George Brodie of Ailisk.[2] He was educated at Marischal College in Aberdeen, and in 1714 he succeeded to his father's estates and to the chieftainship of the Clan Brodie.[3] The following year, he supported the government side in the Jacobite rising of 1715.[3]

In the Parliament of Great Britain, he was elected at a by-election in January 1720 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Elginshire. He died later that year, aged 25,[2] of "a headache which put him in a fever".[4] His younger brother Alexander succeeded him as clan chief, and was elected in his place as MP for Elginshire.[4]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
  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, 13571882: on the basis of the parliamentary return 1880, with genealogical and biographical notices (2nd ed.). pp. 345. OL 17326078M via Open Library.
  3. 1 2 Simpson, J. M. (1970). R. Sedgwick, ed. "BRODIE, James (1695-1720), of Brodie, Elgin". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 Simpson, J. M. (1970). R. Sedgwick, ed. "BRODIE, Alexander (1697-1754), of Brodie, Elgin". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Alexander Grant
Member of Parliament for Elginshire
January 1720 October 1720
Succeeded by
Alexander Brodie


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