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Alexander Brodie (sculptor)
Alexander Brodie may refer to: * Sir Alexander Brodie, Lord Brodie (1617β1680) of Brodie, member of the Parliament of Scotland for Elginshire 1643β50 * Alexander Brodie (died 1672) of Lethen, member of the Parliament of Scotland for Nairnshire 1646β9 * Alexander Brodie (1697β1754) of Brodie, Lord Lyon King of Arms and a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain 1720β54 for Elginshire, Caithness and Inverness * Alexander Brodie (died 1770) of Lethen, member of parliament for Nairnshire 1735β41 * Alexander Brodie (1748β1812), member of parliament for Nairnshire 1785β90 and Elgin Burghs 1790β1802 * Alexander Brodie (sculptor) (1829/30β1867), Scottish sculptor, younger brother of William Brodie * Alexander Oswald Brodie (1849β1918), US soldier and Governor of Arizona Territory 1902β5 * John Alexander Brodie (1858β1934), civil engineer and town planner * Several members of Clan Brodie Clan Brodie is a Scottish clan whose origins are uncertain. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Brodie, Lord Brodie
Alexander Brodie (1617β1680), of Brodie, lord of session, was descended from an old family, which in 1311 received the lands of Brodie in Elginshire from Alexander III. Early life Brodie, born on 25 July 1617, was the eldest son of David Brodie of Brodie and Grizzel, daughter of Thomas Dunbar, and niece on her mother's side of the Admirable Crichton. In 1628 he was sent to England, where he remained till 1632. In the latter year he enrolled as a student in King's College, Aberdeen, but he didn't take a degree. On 19 May 1636 he was served heir of his father by a dispensation of the lords of council, and on 28 Oct. of the same year he married the widow of John Urquhart of Craigston, by whom he had a son and daughter. Iconoclast Brodie was a strong Presbyterian, and, in December 1640, headed a party which demolished two oil paintings of the Crucifixion and the Day of Judgment in the cathedral of Elgin and also mutilated the finely carved interior of the building as unsuitable fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Brodie (died 1672)
Alexander Brodie may refer to: * Sir Alexander Brodie, Lord Brodie (1617β1680) of Brodie, member of the Parliament of Scotland for Elginshire 1643β50 * Alexander Brodie (died 1672) of Lethen, member of the Parliament of Scotland for Nairnshire 1646β9 * Alexander Brodie (1697β1754) of Brodie, Lord Lyon King of Arms and a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain 1720β54 for Elginshire, Caithness and Inverness * Alexander Brodie (died 1770) of Lethen, member of parliament for Nairnshire 1735β41 * Alexander Brodie (1748β1812), member of parliament for Nairnshire 1785β90 and Elgin Burghs 1790β1802 * Alexander Brodie (sculptor) (1829/30β1867), Scottish sculptor, younger brother of William Brodie * Alexander Oswald Brodie (1849β1918), US soldier and Governor of Arizona Territory 1902β5 * John Alexander Brodie (1858β1934), civil engineer and town planner * Several members of Clan Brodie Clan Brodie is a Scottish clan whose origins are uncertain. The firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairnshire (Parliament Of Scotland Constituency)
Nairnshire was a constituency of the Parliament of Scotland before the Union with England in 1707. The barons of the shire or sheriffdom of Nairn elected two commissioners to represent them in the Parliament and in the Convention of Estates. At the time of the Union Hugh Rose, commissioner for Nairnshire was chosen as one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain. From 1708 Nairnshire elected one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons. List of shire commissioners * 1617, 1628β1633: John Dunbar of Moynes * 1628β1633, 1630 convention: John Campbell of CalderFosterp. 56 * 1639β1641: James Grant of Moyness * 1643 convention: Alexander Dunbar of BoathFosterp. 108 * 1646β1647, 1648: Hugh Rose of KilravockFosterp. 298 * 1646β1647, 1648: Alexander Brodie Alexander Brodie may refer to: * Sir Alexander Brodie, Lord Brodie (1617β1680) of Brodie, member of the Parliament of Scotland for Elginshire 1643β50 * Alexander Brodie (died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Brodie (1697β1754)
Alexander Brodie, 19th of that Ilk (17 August 1697 β 9 March 1754) was a Scottish clan chief and politician from Moray. He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain for 34 years from 1720 to 1754, as a government supporter. For 27 years he was Lord Lyon King of Arms, the most junior of the Scottish Great Officers of State, responsible for regulating the heraldry of Scotland. Early life Brodie was the second son of George Brodie of Brodie and Aslick in Moray. His mother Emilia was the 5th daughter and co-heir of James Brodie of that Ilk. He was educated at Marischal College in Aberdeen, and possibly also at Leiden University in the Netherlands. In 1724 he married Mary Sleigh (1704β1760), daughter of Major Samuel Sleigh of the 16th Foot. They had two children: a daughter Emilia (born 1730) who married John Macleod, and a son, Alexander (1741β1759). Career Brodie's older brother James had inherited their father's estates, and was elected in 1720 as the Member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Brodie (died 1770)
Alexander Brodie of Lethen (died 28 April 1770) was a Scottish politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nairnshire from 1735 to 1741. 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 ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p .... He succeeded to his father's estates in 1745. In 1754 he married Henrietta Grant, a daughter of the Colonel William Grant of Ballindalloch, with whom he had two sons and three daughters. References Year of birth missing 1770 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies British MPs 1734β1741 {{Scotland-GreatBritain-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Brodie (1748β1812)
Alexander Brodie may refer to: * Sir Alexander Brodie, Lord Brodie (1617β1680) of Brodie, member of the Parliament of Scotland for Elginshire 1643β50 * Alexander Brodie (died 1672) of Lethen, member of the Parliament of Scotland for Nairnshire 1646β9 * Alexander Brodie (1697β1754) of Brodie, Lord Lyon King of Arms and a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain 1720β54 for Elginshire, Caithness and Inverness * Alexander Brodie (died 1770) of Lethen, member of parliament for Nairnshire 1735β41 * Alexander Brodie (1748β1812), member of parliament for Nairnshire 1785β90 and Elgin Burghs 1790β1802 * Alexander Brodie (sculptor) (1829/30β1867), Scottish sculptor, younger brother of William Brodie * Alexander Oswald Brodie (1849β1918), US soldier and Governor of Arizona Territory 1902β5 * John Alexander Brodie (1858β1934), civil engineer and town planner * Several members of Clan Brodie Clan Brodie is a Scottish clan whose origins are uncertain. The first k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgin Burghs (UK Parliament Constituency)
Elgin Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. Until 1832, when Peterhead was added, the constituency comprised the parliamentary burghs of Elgin, Cullen, Banff, Inverurie and Kintore, lying in Elginshire (later known as Morayshire), Banffshire and Aberdeenshire. Creation The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Elgin, Banff, Cullen, Inverurie and Kintore. History The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1918. In 1918, Elgin became part of Moray and Nairn, Banff and Cullen part of Banffshire, Inverurie and Kintore part of Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West and Peterhead part of East Aberdeen and Kincardine. Members of Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Brodie (sculptor)
Alexander Brodie may refer to: * Sir Alexander Brodie, Lord Brodie (1617β1680) of Brodie, member of the Parliament of Scotland for Elginshire 1643β50 * Alexander Brodie (died 1672) of Lethen, member of the Parliament of Scotland for Nairnshire 1646β9 * Alexander Brodie (1697β1754) of Brodie, Lord Lyon King of Arms and a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain 1720β54 for Elginshire, Caithness and Inverness * Alexander Brodie (died 1770) of Lethen, member of parliament for Nairnshire 1735β41 * Alexander Brodie (1748β1812), member of parliament for Nairnshire 1785β90 and Elgin Burghs 1790β1802 * Alexander Brodie (sculptor) (1829/30β1867), Scottish sculptor, younger brother of William Brodie * Alexander Oswald Brodie (1849β1918), US soldier and Governor of Arizona Territory 1902β5 * John Alexander Brodie (1858β1934), civil engineer and town planner * Several members of Clan Brodie Clan Brodie is a Scottish clan whose origins are uncertain. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brodie (sculptor)
William Brodie (22 January 1815 β 30 October 1881) was a Scottish sculptor who worked in Edinburgh. Life He was the son of John Brodie, a Banff shipmaster, and elder brother of Alexander Brodie (1830β1867), also a sculptor. When he was about six years old, his family moved to Aberdeen. William Brodie was later apprenticed to a plumber, studying in his spare time at the Mechanic's Institute, where he amused himself by casting lead figures of well-known people. He soon began to model small medallion portraits which attracted the attention of John Hill Burton. It was Burton who encouraged him to go to Edinburgh in 1847. Here Brodie studied for four years at the Trustees' School of Design, learning to model on a larger scale, and also executing a bust of one of his earliest patrons, Lord Jeffrey. At this time he lived at 14 Heriot Place in the Lauriston district of Edinburgh. About 1853 he went to Rome, where he studied under Lawrence Macdonald, and it was with the latter's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Oswald Brodie
Alexander Oswald Brodie (November 13, 1849The date of Brodie's birth is uncertain with multiple dates in October and November 1849 being possible. β May 10, 1918) was an American military officer and engineer. Earning his initial reputation during the Indian wars, he came to prominence for his service with the Rough Riders during the SpanishβAmerican War. His friendship with Theodore Roosevelt then led to Brodie being appointed Governor of Arizona Territory from 1902 to 1905. Background Alexander O. Brodie was a lineal descendant of Robert III, King of Scotland. His family originated in Northern Scotland and his branch of the Clan Brodie is known as Brodie of Caithness. Brodie was born to Joseph and Margaret (Brown) Brodie near Edwards, New York, in late 1849, the second of four children. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Brodie was 11 years old and asked his father to allow him to enlist. Brodie's father promised him that he would be sent to West Point when he was old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alexander Brodie
John Alexander Brodie (1858 – 1934) was an English civil engineer. He was especially known for his contribution to town planning in Liverpool, notably as one of the engineers who led the design of the Mersey Tunnel under the River Mersey.Mersey Gateway biography Early life John Alexander Brodie was born in on 1 June 1858. His father, James Brodie, was a Scottish man from . Brodie served his apprenticeship in 1875, working in the |
Clan Brodie
Clan Brodie is a Scottish clan whose origins are uncertain. The first known Brodie chiefs were the thegn, Thanes of Brodie and Dyke in Morayshire. The Brodies were present in several clan conflicts, and during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, civil war were ardent covenanters. They resisted involvement in the Jacobite uprisings, and the chief's family later prospered under the British Empire in colonial India. Origins of the name Early references to Brodie were written as ''Brochy, Brothy, Brothie, Brothu, Brode.'' Various meanings to the name Brodie have been advanced, but given the Brodies uncertain origin, and the varying ways Brodie has been pronounced/written, these remain but suppositions. Some of the suggestions that have been advanced as to the meaning of the name Brodie are: *Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic for "a little ridge"; "a brow", or "a precipice"; *"ditch" or "mire", from the old Irish word ''broth''; *"muddy place", from the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic word ''brothach''; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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