William Bird Brodie Explained

William Bird Brodie
Office:	Member of Parliament for Salisbury
Term Start:	14 December 1832
Term End:	4 May 1843
Predecessor:	Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie Wadham Wyndham
Successor:	Ambrose Hussey Wadham Wyndham
Alongside:	Wadham Wyndham (1835–1843) Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie (1833–1835) Wadham Wyndham (1832–1833)
Birth Date:	26 September 1780
Nationality:	British
Party:	Whig
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William Bird Brodie (26 September 1780 – 24 October 1863)^[1] was a British Whig politician.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Brodie was the son of Reverend Peter Bellinger Brodie and Sarah née Collins. In 1810, he married Louisa Hussey, daughter of Thomas Hussey. After her death in 1816, he married Frances Huntley, daughter of Reverend Richard Huntley, in 1826.^[3]

Brodie was elected Whig Member of Parliament for Salisbury at the 1832 general election and held the seat until 1843 when he resigned the seat by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.^{[6] [2] [7] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 30 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181130170702/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons2.htm. 30 November 2018 . usurped . 20 November 2018 .
2. Book: Stooks Smith . Henry . The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive . 1845 . Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. . London . 119–121 . . 30 November 2018.
3. Web site: Lundy . Darryl . William Bird Brodie . The Peerage . 30 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181130175629/http://www.thepeerage.com/p17887.htm . 30 November 2018 . 31 December 2005 . live.
4. Web site: Salisbury and Winchester Journal . The British Newspaper Archive . 30 November 2018.
5. Book: Mosse. Richard Bartholomew. The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. 1838. 139. 30 November 2018 . .
6. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 266.
7. Book: Parliamentary papers . 62, Part 2 . House Of Commons . Great Britain. Parliament . 1878 .