St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton
The Earl of Midleton | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State for War | |
| In office 12 November 1900 – 12 October 1903 | |
| Monarchs | 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 | |
| In office 9 October 1903 – 4 December 1905 | |
| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Prime Minister | Arthur Balfour |
| Preceded by | Lord George Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | John Morley |
| Leader of the Irish Unionist Alliance | |
| In office 1910–1919 | |
| 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 (died 1901) (2) Madeleine Stanley (1876–1966) |
| Children | 1 son, 4 daughters |
| Parent(s) | William Brodrick, 8th Viscount Midleton & Hon. Augusta Mary Fremantle |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, KP, PC, DL (14 December 1856 – 13 February 1942), styled as St John Brodrick until 1907 and as Viscount Midleton between 1907 and 1920, was a British Conservative and Irish Unionist Alliance politician. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1880 to 1906, as a government minister from 1886 to 1892 and from 1895 to 1900, and as a Cabinet minister from 1900 to 1905.