George Brodrick, 3rd Viscount Midleton was a British nobleman.
Background
Brodrick was the first and only surviving son of Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton and Mary Capell, the second daughter of Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex. The Brodricks were an English family that had settled in Ireland in the mid-17th century. Brodrick"s grandfather, the first Viscount, had risen to become Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
King George stood sponsor at Brodrick"s christening.
Career
Brodrick was educated at Eton College between 1742 and 1745. He died of an abscess in the spleen on 22 August 1765 and was buried six days later at Wandsworth. Brodrick married on 1 May 1752 Albinia, the daughter of the Honorary Thomas Townshend by Albinia (daughter of John Selwyn of Matson, Gloucestershire).
They had four sons: George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton Thomas Brodrick (17 April 1756 – 13 January 1795), Under-Secretary at the Home Department Charles Brodrick (3 May 1761 – 6 May 1822), Archbishop of Cashel John Brodrick (3 November 1765 – 9 October 1842), a general.
Membership
11th Parliament of Great Britain. 12th Parliament of Great Britain]
He was a Whig and sat in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Ashburton between 1754 and 1761, and for Shoreham between 1761 and 1765.