Alfred Brodie, Esquire
1809 - 1857 (~ 47 years)-
Name Alfred Brodie Suffix Esquire Christening 12 Oct 1809 East Lavant, England 
Gender Male Death 19 Feb 1857 Eastbourne, England Person ID I10695 Evert Louwe Goosen Last Modified 21 Jun 2021
Father Rev. Alexander Brodie, b. Abt 1773, Antigua d. 18 Jun 1828, Eastbourne, England (Age 55 years) Mother Anna Walter, b. Abt 1779, London, England d. Abt 1864, Eastbourne, England (Age 85 years) Marriage Abt 1802 Teddington, England Family ID F4107 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Ann Fenning Marriage 4 Nov 1834 St. James's Square, London, England Family ID F4240 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Jun 2021
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Christening - 12 Oct 1809 - East Lavant, England 
Marriage - 4 Nov 1834 - St. James's Square, London, England 
Death - 19 Feb 1857 - Eastbourne, England = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Alfred Brodie was born in Eastbourne, Sussex, as the 5th of 12 children of Rev. Dr. Alexander Brodie (1773-1828), vicar in Eastbourne since 1809, and Anna Walter (1779-1864), a daughter of the founder of The Times. After childhood in The Gore (Eastbourne), he matriculated in 1827 at the Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was an Admitted Pensioner before moving in 1830 to Magdalene College, Cambridge, to become a Fellow Commoner. He did not graduate, but did businesses in London and Hastings until he married (as Esq. of Eastbourne) in 1834 to the 48 years old Mary Anne Fenning (1786-1869), daughter of merchant Samuel Fenning (1746-1826) who had been Acting Director of the Royal Exchange¤ Assurance Office. They had no children.
In 1837 he went insolvent and ended in prison, but the case was adjourned. In 1839, he had to sell his inherited interest in The Times. Then he also arranged it so that he would receive an annual amount of money if he should outlive his wife. That did not happen. They moved to Marylebone (Cavendish-square), London, near her birthplace in Islington, and continued business. He was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club* (1848) and The Highland Society# (1850), and one of the directors in Beacon Life and Assurance (1856). Yet, he had an old debt and only £200 when he died in Eastbourne.
He is today best known for two losses to Howard Staunton in the London (1851) chess tournament.
- Alfred Brodie was born in Eastbourne, Sussex, as the 5th of 12 children of Rev. Dr. Alexander Brodie (1773-1828), vicar in Eastbourne since 1809, and Anna Walter (1779-1864), a daughter of the founder of The Times. After childhood in The Gore (Eastbourne), he matriculated in 1827 at the Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was an Admitted Pensioner before moving in 1830 to Magdalene College, Cambridge, to become a Fellow Commoner. He did not graduate, but did businesses in London and Hastings until he married (as Esq. of Eastbourne) in 1834 to the 48 years old Mary Anne Fenning (1786-1869), daughter of merchant Samuel Fenning (1746-1826) who had been Acting Director of the Royal Exchange¤ Assurance Office. They had no children.