Sir Allen Brodrick (28 July 1623 – 25 November 1680) was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1660 and 1679. Brodrick was the son of Thomas Brodrick, of

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, then in Surrey. He matriculated at

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on 29 November 1639, aged 16 and was called to the bar at

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in 1648. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Braly-Bruer', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 171-200. Date accessed: 18 July 2011
/ref> In 1660, Brodrick was elected

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for Orford in the Convention Parliament.History of Parliament Online - Brodrick, Allen
/ref> for his services to the

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he was knighted on 1 August 1660 and made

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from 1660 to 1667. He became an M.P. for Dungarvan (Ireland) in 1661. Also in 1661 he was elected MP for Callington and for Orford in the

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and chose to sit for Orford which he represented until 1679. He was created M.A.at Oxford on 9 September 1661. Brodrick died unmarried at Wandsworth in 1680 at the age of 57.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brodrick, Allen 1623 births 1680 deaths Alumni of Magdalen Hall, Oxford Members of Gray's Inn People from Surrey (before 1889) English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679 Irish MPs 1661–1666 Surveyors General of Ireland Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Waterford constituencies