14. | Lord Alexander Brodie, 15th Chief of Clan Brodie was born on 25 Jul 1617 in Brodie Castle, Moray, Scotland (son of Lord David Brodie, 14th Chief of Clan Brodie and Lady Katherine Grisell Dunbar); died on 17 Apr 1680 in Dyke, Moray, Scotland. Notes:
1st of Lethen.
During the Civil Wars of the 17th century Alexander Brodie of Brodie was responsible for the destruction of Elgin Cathedral in 1640.
In 1643 Alexander Brodie of Brodie became a Member of Parliment for Moray and an Elder of the Forres Presbytety to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
In 1645 Brodie Castle was burnt down by Lewis Gordon 3rd Earl of Huntly and Chief of Clan Gordon. This was part of the Covenanting conflict during the Civil War, as a result there are few surviving documents and little is known about the Clan Brodie.
Alexander Brodie was one of the six commissioners that were sent to The Hague to negotiate with Charles Stuart. They were there to persuade Charles II to sign the National Covenant and resume the Scottish Crown. On his return to Parliment he was made a Lord of Session (a senior justice).
Alexander Brodie's diplomatic career also included a summons by Cromwell to London in 1651 to consider a Scottish union with England. He resisted attempts to appoint him to judicial office, though Cromwell's death in 1658 forced the issue for him, and he was appointed Justice of the Peace. The consequence was royal disfavour following the Restoration, Charles II finding it hard to forgive men who had tried to force their Presbyerian beliefs upon him as the price of their allegiance. The Good Laird Brodie died May 5th, 1680.
Alexander married Elizabeth Innes on 26 Oct 1635 in Innes, Moray, Schotland. Elizabeth was born about 1618 in Innes, Moray, Scotland; died on 12 Aug 1640. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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