Charles Brodrick (1761 - 1822)

Born 3 May 1761 in Middleton, County Cork, Ireland

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Died 6 May 1822 at age 61 in Middleton, County Cork, Ireland

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Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

Charles was the son of George Brodrick, 3rd Viscount Midleton and Albinia Townshend.

In 1787 he was ordained in Cloyne by the Bishop, his father-in-law, Richard Woodward, deacon (24 August) and then priest (9 December). He was appointed Rector of Dingindonovan (or Dangan) and Prebendary of Killenemer. For a brief period in 1789 he was Prebendary of Donoghmore, before being appointed in June 1789 the Treasurer of Cloyne, where he served until 1795.

He became Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, and then Bishop of Kilmore. He was translated to Cashel by patent dated 9 December 1801, and was enthroned on December 12. In 1811 he was appointed, by letters patent, coadjutor to the Archbishop of Dublin, who was then of unsound mind, and unequal to the performance of his duties.

Charles married Mary Woodward, daughter of Rt. Rev. Richard Woodward, Bishop of Cloyne on 8 December 1786. ^[1]

Children

1. Albinia d. 20 Apr 1863 married Hon Sir James Ashley Maude
2. Frances married General Henry Dunbar Tolly
3. Mary Susan Albinia b. 9 Oct 1787, d. 23 Apr 1870 married James, 2nd Earl of Bandon
4. Charles , 6th Viscount Midleton b. 14 Sep 1791, d. 2 Dec 1863
5. George (Rev) b. 23 Apr 1797 d. 29 May 1861 Rector of Titsey
6. William John (Rev), 7th Viscount Midleton b. 8 Jul 1798, d. 29 Aug 1870
7. Louisa married James Scott

He died in Dublin, on May 6, 1822 ; and was buried at the family seat, Middleton, in the County of Cork.

Marble monument in the Middleton churchyard

To the Memory of The Right Honorable and Most Reverend Charles Brodrick, D. D. Archbishop of Cashel ; Formerly Rector of this Parish; Fourth son of George, third Viscount Middleton.

Born 3rd May, 1761 ; died 6th May, 1822.

And to the Memory of The Honorable Mary Brodrick, his wife, Second daughter of the Right Reverend Richard Woodward, D. D. Bishop of Cloyne.

Born 11th June, 1767, died 28th March, 1799.

This Tablet is erected By their seven surviving children.

Sources

1. ↑ http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dm/IRE_DIOC_007246540_00029.pdf

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• Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Irish Family Records (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976), Aldworth, page 7.
• Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae: the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland by Henry Cotton, 1789-1879
• Vol 1 - The Province of Munster, Pg 23, 317, 322, 332,
• Vol 3. - The Province of Ulster, Pg 170
• Vol 4 - The Province of Connaught, Pg 173
• Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of peerage, baronetage and knightage. 1878