George Brodrick, 5th Viscount Midleton explained

George Alan Brodrick, 5th Viscount Midleton (10 June 1806 – 1 November 1848) was a British nobleman.

The son of George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton and Maria Benyon, he succeeded to the peerage in 1836. He was educated at Eton College.^[1] He married Ellen Griffiths in 1833.^[2]

He engaged the English architect, Decimus Burton, to make improvements in the streetscape of Cobh, County Cork.^[3]

His death, in November 1848, was attributed to intentional charcoal inhalation.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Appendix to the Eton School Lists: Comprising the Years 1853-6-9. 1864. E.P. Williams. 104–.
2. Book: The Gentleman's Magazine. 1848. F. Jeffries. 649–.
3. Web site: Dictionary of Irish Architects, 1720-1940.
4. Book: The Spectator. 1848. F.C. Westley. 1079–.
5. Book: The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year .... 1849. J.G. & F. Rivington. 1–.