Viscount Midleton, of

Midleton Midleton (; , meaning "monastery at the weir") is a town in south-eastern County Cork, Ireland. It lies approximately 16 km east of Cork City on the Owenacurra River and the N25 road, which connects Cork to the port of Rosslare. A satelli ...

in the County of Cork, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1717 for Alan Brodrick, 1st Baron Brodrick, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland and former Speaker of the

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. He was created Baron Brodrick, of Midleton in the County of Cork, in 1715 in the same peerage. His grandson, the third Viscount, co-represented Ashburton then New Shoreham in the British House of Commons. His son, the fourth Viscount, sat similarly for Whitchurch for 22 years. In 1796 he was created Baron Brodrick, of Peper Harrow in the

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, in the Peerage of Great Britain, with a special remainder to the heirs male of his father, the third Viscount. On the death of his son, the fifth Viscount, this line of the family failed. He was succeeded by his first cousin, the sixth Viscount. He was the eldest son of

Charles Brodrick Charles Brodrick (3 May 1761 – 6 May 1822) was a reforming Irish clergyman and Archbishop of Cashel in the Church of Ireland. Origins and education Brodrick was the third son of the 3rd Viscount Midleton and Albinia Townshend, sister of Visco ...

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, fourth son of the third Viscount. His nephew, the eighth Viscount, briefly represented Mid Surrey in the House of Commons as a

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and served as

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between 1896 and 1905. His son, the ninth Viscount, was a prominent Conservative politician and government minister (1880-1906) and from 1910 was the nominal leader of the

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(IUA) in Southern Ireland. Successful lobbying by him and associated Southern Unionists was instrumental in ensuring their representation in the Seanad of the Irish Free State however he failed to win some safeguards for fellow Republic of Ireland unionists in the 1921

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. In 1920 he was created Earl of Midleton and Viscount Dunsford, of Dunsford in the County of Surrey, in the

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which titles became extinct on the death of his son, the second Earl, in 1979. The Irish titles and barony of Brodrick passed on to his second cousin, the eleventh Viscount. He was the grandson of Reverend the Hon. Alan Brodrick, youngest son of the seventh Viscount. the titles are held by the eleventh Viscount's son, the twelfth Viscount, who succeeded in 1988. The ancestral seat of the Brodrick family was Peper Harrow, its final form commissioned by the third Viscount, near

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, Surrey. The house was sold in 1944 by the second Earl of Midleton. The family's original seat was Ballyannan Castle near

in County Cork, which they occupied until , but continued to own; it was becoming a ruin by 1837.

Viscounts Midleton (1717)

* Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton (1656–1728) ** Hon. St John Brodrick (1685–1728) *

Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton (31 January 1702 – 8 June 1747) was a British peer and significant cricket patron who was jointly responsible for creating the sport's earliest known written rules. Cricket patronage Midleton succeeded his ...

(1702–1747) * George Brodrick, 3rd Viscount Midleton (1730–1765) *

George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton (1 November 1754 – 12 August 1836) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1796, when he was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as Baron Brodrick. Origins Brodrick was ...

(1754–1836) * George Alan Brodrick, 5th Viscount Midleton (1806–1848) * Charles Brodrick, 6th Viscount Midleton (1791–1863) *

William John 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. L ...

(1798–1870) *

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 Jan ...

(1830–1907) * William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 9th Viscount Midleton (1856–1942) (created Earl of Midleton in 1920)

Earls of Midleton (1920)

William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, KP, PC, DL (14 December 185613 February 1942), styled as St John Brodrick until 1907 and as Viscount Midleton between 1907 and 1920, was a British Conservative and Irish Unionist Alli ...

(1856–1942) * George St John Brodrick, 2nd Earl of Midleton (1888–1979)

Viscounts Midleton (1717; Reverted)

*Trevor Lowther Brodrick, 11th Viscount Midleton (1903–1988) *Alan Brodrick, 12th Viscount Midleton (born 1949) The

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Ashley Rupert Brodrick (born 1980)

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Midleton Viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1717 Midleton