St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Midleton KP PC DL |
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| Secretary of State for War | |
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In office 12 November 1900 – 12 October 1903 |
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| Monarch |
Victoria Edward VII |
| Prime Minister |
The Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Lansdowne |
| Succeeded by | H. O. Arnold-Forster |
| Secretary of State for India | |
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In office 9 October 1903 – 4 December 1905 |
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| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Prime Minister | Arthur Balfour |
| Preceded by | Lord George Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | John Morley |
| Leader of the Irish Unionist Alliance | |
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In office 1910–1919 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Edward Carson |
| Succeeded by | Lord Farnham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1856 |
| Died | 13 February 1942 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Conservative (until 1891) Irish Unionist Alliance (1891-1919) Unionist Anti-Partition League (1919-1922) |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Lady Hilda Charteris (d. 1901) (2) Madeleine Stanley |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, KP PC DL (14 December 1856 – 13 February 1942), known as St. John Brodrick until 1907 and as The Viscount Midleton between 1907 and 1920, was a British Conservative Party and Irish Unionist Alliance politician.
He came of a Surrey family who in the 17th century, in the persons of Sir St John Brodrick and Sir Thomas Brodrick, obtained grants of land in the south of Ireland. Sir St John Brodrick settled at Midleton, between Cork and Youghal in 1641; and his son Alan Brodrick (1660–1728), Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was created Baron Brodrick in 1715 and Viscount Midleton in 1717 in the Irish peerage.
In 1796 the title of Baron Brodrick in the Peerage of Great Britain was created. The English family seat at Peper Harrow, near Godalming, Surrey, was designed by Sir William Chambers. The 8th Viscount Midleton was a conservative in politics, who for a few years had a seat in the House of Commons, and who was responsible in the House of Lords for carrying the Infants Protection Act. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, where he served as president of the Oxford Union.
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