James Brodie (politician, born 1695)

James Brodie, 18th of Brodie (1695 – 2 October 1720)^[1] was a Scottish clan chief and politician.

Broadie was the oldest son of George Brodie of Ailisk.^[2] He was educated at Marischal College in Aberdeen, and in 1714 he succeeded to his father's estates and to the chieftainship of the Clan Brodie.^[3] The following year, he supported the government side in the Jacobite rising of 1715.^[3]

In the Parliament of Great Britain, he was elected at a by-election in January 1720 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Elginshire. He died later that year, aged 25,^[2] of "a headache which put him in a fever".^[4] His younger brother Alexander succeeded him as clan chief, and was elected in his place as MP for Elginshire.^[4]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
2. 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 – via Open Library.
3. Simpson, J. M. (1970). R. Sedgwick, ed. "BRODIE, James (1695-1720), of Brodie, Elgin". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
4. Simpson, J. M. (1970). R. Sedgwick, ed. "BRODIE, Alexander (1697-1754), of Brodie, Elgin". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 30 April 2015.