A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices/Brodrick, Alan
Admitted 7 January, 1669-70.
Second son of Sir St. John Brodrick, of Ballyanan, co. Cork. He was admitted at the same time as his elder brother, Thomas, and was called to the Bar 10 May, 1678. He took an active part on behalf of the Prince of Orange. He was made King's Sergeant Feb. 1690, and in 1695 appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland. He entered the Irish Parliament in 1692, and became Speaker in 1703. In 1707 he was made Attorney-General, and three years later called to the Upper House as Chief Justice of the King's Bench. On the accession of George I. he was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and raised to the peerage as Baron Brodrick of Midleton, 13 April, 1715. Two years later he was made Viscount. In 1717 he sat in the British Parliament as member for Midhurst, Sussex. He died in Ireland 1728.