James Brodie (politician, born 1695)

For other people named James Brodie, see James Brodie (disambiguation).

James Brodie, 18th of Brodie (1695 – 2 October 1720), was a Scottish clan chief and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1720.

Brodie Castle-seat of the Brodie clan

Broadie was the eldest son of George Brodie of Ailisk.[1] 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.[2] The following year, he supported the government side in the Jacobite rising of 1715.[2]

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,[1] of "a headache which put him in a fever".[3] His younger brother Alexander succeeded him as clan chief, and was elected in his place as MP for Elginshire.[3]

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