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Thomas Brodrick (businessman)
Thomas Brodrick may refer to: * Thomas Brodrick (1654–1730), Irish MP * Thomas Brodrick (Royal Navy officer) (died 1769), British naval officer See also * Brodrick Thomas (other) {{hndis, Brodrick, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Brodrick (1654–1730)
Thomas Brodrick (4 August 1654 – 3 October 1730) was an Irish and British politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons between 1692 and 1727 and also in the British House of Commons from 1713 to 1727. He owned lands in both Surrey in England, and County Cork, Ireland. Life Brodrick was the eldest son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, Midleton, County Cork and his wife Alice Clayton, daughter of Laurence Clayton of Mallow, County Cork. He was admitted at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and also at Middle Temple in 1670. He received an LLB in 1677. He inherited lands at Wandsworth in 1680, and received a settlement of some of the family's Irish lands upon marrying. Brodrick sat in the Irish House of Commons for Midleton from 1692 to 1693, for County Cork from 1695 to 1699 and again from 1703 to 1713, and for Midleton again from 1715 to 1727. He was appointed to the Irish Privy Council in 1695, removed by the Tory administration in 1711 but reappointed in 1714. Brodrick live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Brodrick (Royal Navy Officer)
Thomas Brodrick (died 1 January 1769) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the War of the Austrian Succession, the War of Jenkins' Ear and the Seven Years' War. Life Brodrick entered the navy about 1723. In 1739 he was a lieutenant of , Admiral Edward Vernon's flagship at the Battle of Porto Bello, and commanded the landing party which stormed the Castillo de Fierro. In recompense for his brilliant conduct Vernon promoted him to the command of the fireship , in which he in 1741 took part in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias. On 25 March 1741 he was "posted" (i.e. made Post Captain) into the frigate , and continued actively employed during the rest of that campaign, and afterwards in the expedition to Cuba. After other service he returned to England in 1743, and early in the following year was appointed to the 60-gun . In March of the following year he was appointed to , which was sent out to the Leeward Islands, and continued there until after the peace in 1748. In May 1756 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |