Alexander Brodie of Lethen (died 28 April 1770)[1] was a Scottish politician.
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nairnshire from 1735 to 1741.[1]
He was the oldest son of Alexander Brodie (of Duneran 1691 and Lethen 1703), and his wife Sophia, a daughter of Sir Hugh Campbell of Calder.[2] He succeeded to his father's estates in 1745.[3] In 1754 he married Henrietta Grant, a daughter of the Colonel William Grant of Ballindalloch,[2] with whom he had two sons and three daughters.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1882). Members of Parliament, Scotland, including the minor barons, the commissioners for the shires, and the commissioners for the burghs, 1357–1882: on the basis of the parliamentary return 1880, with genealogical and biographical notices (2nd ed.). pp. 34–5. OL 17326078M. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via Open Library.
- ^ a b Watson, Paula (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.). "BRODIE, Alexander (d.1770), of Lethen, Nairnshire". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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