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Lord Alexander Brodie, 15th Chief of Clan Brodie

Lord Alexander Brodie, 15th Chief of Clan Brodie

Male 1617 - 1680  (62 years)

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  • Name Alexander Brodie 
    Title Lord 
    Suffix 15th Chief of Clan Brodie 
    Birth 25 Jul 1617  Brodie Castle, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Apr 1680  Dyke, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10156  Evert Louwe Goosen
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2021 

    Father Lord David Brodie, 14th Chief of Clan Brodie,   b. Abt 1586, Brodie Castle, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1632, Brodie Castle, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Lady Katherine Grisell Dunbar,   b. Abt 1590, Banff, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1668, Brodie Castle, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1606  Grange, Banffshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3930  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Innes,   b. Abt 1618, Innes, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1640 (Age 22 years) 
    Marriage 26 Oct 1635  Innes, Moray, Schotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Christian Brodie,   b. Abt 1635, Dyke, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1683, Dyke, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     2. Anna Brodie,   b. Abt 1636, Dyke, Moray, Schotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Grangehill, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Grissel (Grizel) Brodie,   b. 2 Oct 1636, Brodie Castle, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. James Brodie, 16th Chief of Clan Brodie,   b. 15 Sep 1637, Brodie Castle, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1708, Brodie Castle, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     5. Anna Brodie,   b. Aug 1639, Dyke, Moray, Schotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1684 (Age 44 years)
    Family ID F3928  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Jul 1617 - Brodie Castle, Moray, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Apr 1680 - Dyke, Moray, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Alexander Brodie of Brodie, Lord Brodie, 1617 - 1680. Lord of session
    Alexander Brodie of Brodie, Lord Brodie, 1617 - 1680. Lord of session
    Materials: Stipple engraving on paper
    Measurements: 11.76 x 9.85 cm

  • 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.