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The Honourable George Charles Brodrick (5 May 1831 – 8 November 1903) was an
Oxford
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historian and author who became
Warden
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of
Merton College, Oxford
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.
['Brodrick, George Charles', '']The Concise Dictionary of National Biography
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'', Volume I: A–F. Oxford University Press
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, 1992.
Life
He was the son of
William Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton
William John Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton (8 July 1798 – 29 August 1870) was an Irish peer and Anglican clergyman, styled Hon. William John Brodrick from 1849 to 1863. Brodrick was the second son of Charles Brodrick, Archbishop of Cashel. Lor ...
and younger brother of
William Brodrick, 8th Viscount Midleton
William Brodrick, 8th Viscount Midleton (6 January 1830 – 18 April 1907), was an Irish peer, landowner and Conservative politician in both Houses of Parliament, entering first the Commons for two years.
Early life
Midleton was born on 6 Januar ...
. He was educated at
Eton College
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and
Balliol College, Oxford
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, where he attained a
first class degree
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in classics (1853) and in law and history (1854).
He was President of the
Oxford Union
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during 1854–55. He gained his B.A, degree in 1854, and was M.A. in 1856, and D.C.L. in 1886.
Brodrick was elected to be a Fellow of Merton College in 1855 and was
called to the bar
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in 1859. He joined the staff of ''
The Times
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'' in 1860. He tried unsuccessfully to enter parliament as a
Liberal
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and was opposed to
William Gladstone
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's policy on
Ireland
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. He was a member of the
London School Board
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from 1877 to 1879 and Warden of Merton from 1881 until his death in 1903.
Books
Brodrick wrote a number of books, including:
George Charles Brodrick books
Amazon.com
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.
* ''English Land and English Landlords: An Enquiry into the Origin and Characters of the English Land System, with Proposals for its Reform'' (1881)
* ''Essays on Reform'' (1867)
* ''The History of England: From Addington's Administration to the Close of William IV's Reign, 1801–1837'' (with John Knight Fotheringham)
* ''A History of the University of Oxford'' (1886)
* ''Literary Fragments''
* ''Memorials of Merton College; With Biographical Notices of the Wardens and Fellows'' (1885)
* ''Memories and Impressions, 1831–1900'' (1900)
* ''Political Studies'' (1879)
* ''The Reform of the English Land System''
References
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1831 births
1903 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
Fellows of Merton College, Oxford
Wardens of Merton College, Oxford
The Times people
19th-century English historians
English male journalists
Members of the London School Board
Younger sons of viscounts
Members of Lincoln's Inn
Presidents of the Oxford Union
19th-century English lawyers
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