William Bird Brodie

William Bird Brodie
Member of Parliament
for Salisbury
In office
14 December 1832 – 4 May 1843
Preceded byDuncombe Pleydell-Bouverie
Wadham Wyndham
Succeeded byAmbrose Hussey
Wadham Wyndham
Personal details
Born26 September 1780
Died24 October 1863(1863-10-24) (aged 83)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig
Spouse(s)
Frances Huntley
​
(m. 1826)​

Louisa Hussey
​
​
(m. 1810; died 1816)​

William Bird Brodie (26 September 1780 – 24 October 1863)[1] was a British Whig politician.[2][3][4][5]

Brodie was the son of Reverend Peter Bellinger Brodie and Sarah née Collins. In 1810, he married Louisa Hussey, daughter of Thomas Hussey. After her death in 1816, he married Frances Huntley, daughter of Reverend Richard Huntley, in 1826.[3]

Brodie was elected Whig Member of Parliament for Salisbury at the 1832 general election and held the seat until 1843 when he resigned the seat by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.[6][2][7][3]

References

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (20 November 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 119–121. Retrieved 30 November 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl (31 December 2005). "William Bird Brodie". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Salisbury and Winchester Journal". The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  5. ^ Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 139. Retrieved 30 November 2018 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  7. ^ House Of Commons, Great Britain. Parliament (1878). Parliamentary papers. Vol. 62, Part 2.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Salisbury
1832–1843
With: Wadham Wyndham (1835–1843)
Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie (1833–1835)
Wadham Wyndham (1832–1833) 		Succeeded by