Charles Brodrick, 6th Viscount Midleton

Charles Brodrick, 6th Viscount Midleton (14 September 1791 – 2 December 1863) was a British nobleman.

The son of Charles Brodrick, Archbishop of Cashel, and Mary Woodward, he succeeded to the peerage on the 1 November 1848. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge University and was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1813 to practice as a barrister.^[1] He married Emma Stapleton on the 5 May 1825, with whom he had two daughters: Mary Emma Brodrick (20 Feb 1826 – 25 May 1896) and Albinia Frances Brodrick (5 May 1831 – 18 Mar 1918), the latter being an ancestress of English writer/comedienne Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Brodrick was an active member of several Anglican charities and missionary organisations, including the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts,^[2] Bath Church Missionary Society,^[3] Scripture Reader's Society for Ireland^[4] and the Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews.^[5]

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^ "Admissions Registers VOL 2 1800–1893 & CHAPEL REGISTERS". 1896.
^ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 30 May 1844
^ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 6 March 1845
^ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 12 June 1845
^ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 11 May 1848

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by George Brodrick	Viscount Midleton 1848–1863	Succeeded by William Brodrick

[1] "Admissions Registers VOL 2 1800–1893 & CHAPEL REGISTERS". 1896.

[2] Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 30 May 1844

[3] Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 6 March 1845

[4] Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 12 June 1845

[5] Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 11 May 1848

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