Charles Brodrick, 6th Viscount Midleton
Charles Brodrick, 6th Viscount Midleton (14 September 1791 – 2 December 1863) was a British nobleman.
The son of Charles Brodrick, Archbishop of Cashel, and Mary Woodward, he succeeded to the peerage on the 1 November 1848. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge University and was admitted to Lincolns Inn in 1813 to practice as a barrister.[1] 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 Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Brodrick was an active member of several Anglican charities and missionary organisations, including the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts[2], Bath Church Missionary Society[3], Scripture Reader's Society for Ireland[4] and the Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews[5].
References
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/VOL218001893CHAPELREGISTERS/VOL%202%201800-1893%20%26%20CHAPEL%20REGISTERS#page/n53/mode/2up
- ^ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 30 May 1844
- ^ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 6 March 1845
- ^ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 12 June 1845
- ^ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 11 May 1848