Dictionary of Indian Biography/Brodrick, Hon. William St. John Fremantle
BRODRICK, HON. WILLIAM ST. JOHN FREMANTLE (1856–)
Born Dec. 14, 1856: eldest son of third Viscount Middleton: educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford: President of the Oxford Union Society: M.P. for West Surrey, 1880–5; for Guildford Division of Surrey, since 1885: Financial Secretary to the War Office, 1886–92: Under Secretary of State for War, 1895–8: Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1898–1900: Secretary of State for War, 1900–3, during part of the S. African War: Secretary of State for India since 1903: P.C. 1897: J.P.: D.L.