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James Brodie (politician, born 1637)

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James Brodie (15 September 1637 – March 1708) was a Scottish politician.

He was the only son of Sir Alexander Brodie, Lord Brodie (1617–1680), a Lord of Session.

He represented Elgin and Forfarshire in the 1689 Convention of the Estates of Scotland and Elginshire in the parliaments of 1689 to 1702 and 1703 to 1707 (sitting only to 1704).

He married Mary Kerr, a daughter of the 3rd Earl of Lothian, with whom he had 9 daughters.

References

  1. ^ Foster, Joseph (1882). Members of Parliament, Scotland, including the minor barons, the commissioners for the shires, and the commissioners for the burghs, 1357–1882: on the basis of the parliamentary return 1880, with genealogical and biographical notices (2nd ed.). pp. 34–5. OL 17326078M. Retrieved 29 April 2015 – via Open Library.
  2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 593,599.


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