Charles Brodrick, 6th Viscount Midleton (14 September 1791 – 2 December 1863) was a British nobleman. The son of Charles Brodrick,

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, and Mary Woodward, he succeeded to the peerage on the 1 November 1848. He was educated at St John's College,

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and was admitted to

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in 1813 to practice as a

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. He married Emma Stapleton on the 5 May 1825, with whom he had two daughters: Mary Emma Brodrick (20 Feb 1826 – 25 May 1896) and Albinia Frances Brodrick (5 May 1831 – 18 Mar 1918), the latter being an ancestress of English writer/comedienne

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. Brodrick was an active member of several

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charities and

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organisations, including the

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, Bath Church Missionary Society, Scripture Reader's Society for Ireland and the Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews.''Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette'', 11 May 1848

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Midleton, Charles Brodrick, 6th Viscount 1791 births 1863 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Members of Lincoln's Inn Place of birth missing