St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton

The Right Honourable The Earl of Midleton KP PC DL
Secretary of State for War
In office 12 November 1900 – 12 October 1903
Monarchs	Victoria Edward VII
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour
Preceded by	The Marquess of Lansdowne
Succeeded by	H. O. Arnold-Forster
Secretary of State for India
In office 9 October 1903 – 4 December 1905
Monarch	Edward VII
Prime Minister	Arthur Balfour
Preceded by	Lord George Hamilton
Succeeded by	John Morley
Leader of the Irish Unionist Alliance
In office 1910–1919
Preceded by	Sir Edward Carson
Succeeded by	Lord Farnham
Personal details
Born	(1856-12-14)14 December 1856[citation needed]
Died	13 February 1942(1942-02-13) (aged 85)[citation needed]
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative (until 1891) Irish Unionist Alliance (1891–1919) Unionist Anti-Partition League (1919–1922)
Spouse(s)	(1) Lady Hilda Charteris (died 1901) (2) Madeleine Stanley (1876–1966)
Children	1 son, 4 daughters[citation needed]
Parent(s)	William Brodrick, 8th Viscount Midleton & Hon. Augusta Mary Fremantle
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford

William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, KP, PC, DL (14 December 1856 – 13 February 1942), styled as St John Brodrick until 1907 and as Viscount Midleton between 1907 and 1920, was a British Conservative and Irish Unionist Alliance politician. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1880 to 1906, as a government minister from 1886 to 1892 and from 1895 to 1900, and as a Cabinet minister from 1900 to 1905.