EWEN JOHN
BRODIE
,
16th of Lethen, and of Dunearn Lodge, Nairnshire, late Lt Gren Gds, DL (1980),
Lord Lt of Nairnshire (1999); born 16 Dec 1942; educated Harrow;
married 4 Aug 1967, •Mariota, formerly wife of William Henry Stirling
(see STIRLING of Fairburn), and youngest daughter of late
Col Ronald Menzies of Menzies, DL, JP, of Arndilly, Craigellachie, Banffshire
(see that family), and has issue, 1a •SARAH [Lethen
House, 2a •Jane Mary,
[Lethen House, 3a •Katherine Louisa
[Lethen House, Lineage–ALEXANDER BRODIE,
younger son of DAVID BRODIE OF BRODIE (see that famiiy),
purchased the estates of Pitgavenie, Eastgrange and Lethen, Nairnshire and
Morayshire 14 March, 1634, from Sir John Grant, 6th of Freuchie, and the estate
of Kinloss, Morayshire 1643; born c 1587; married 1st, Margaret,
daughter of James Clerk, of Balbirnie, Fife, and niece of Magdalen, wife of 1st
Lord Bruce, of Kinloss (see ELGIN & KINCARDINE, E), and died 7
Nov 1672, leaving issue, 1a ALEXANDER, of whom
presently. 2a DAVID,
succeeded his bro. 3a James; married
Margaret, daughter of Thomas Forbes of Waterton, Aberdeenshire, and had
issue, with six daughters., one son, 1b ALEXANDER,
succeeded his uncle. 1a Jean; married
Jonathan Forbes, MD, 5th s of John Forbes, 2nd of Culloden (see
BURKE's L.G., 1952 edn), and had issue. 2a Janet; married
1654, George Pringle, 6th of Torwoodlee (see BURKE's L.G.,
1952 edn), and had issue. The eldest
son, ALEXANDER BRODIE, 2nd
of Lethen, had issue, an only child, Janet, who married 1672, Ludovick
Grant, 8th of Freuchie and 1st of Grant. He was succeeded by his
brother, DAVID BRODIE of
Pitgavenie, 3rd of Lethen; married 22 April, 1658, Mary. daughter of Sir
John Haldane, 13th of Gleneagles (see CHINNERY-HALDANE, of
Gleneagles), and died without issue 1683, when he was
succeeded by his nephew, ALEXANDER BRODIE of
Dunearn, 4th of Lethen; born 1667; married 1693, Sophia, daughter
of Sir Hugh Campbell, 5th of Cawdor (see CAWDOR, E), and died
1745, having had, with other issue, two sons, 1a ALEXANDER, 5th of
Lethen, MP for Nairn, 1739; married 1754, Henrietta, daughter of Col
William Grant, 1st of Ballindalloch (of the 2nd line), and died at
Lethen, 28 April, 1770, leaving issue, 1b ALEXANDER, 6th of
Lethen; born 16 July, 1756; died 28 Nov 1770. 2b JOHN, 7th of Lethen,
succeeded his brother; born 15 Jan 1758; died 20 Sept
1773. 1b ANNE, 8th of Lethen,
succeeded her brother; born 17 June, 1755; died unm Oct
1805. 2b SOPHIA, 9th of
Lethen, succeeded her sis; born 12 Feb 1759; married 14
June, 1796, her cousin-german, Lewis Dunbar of Grange and Burgie House,
Morayshire, and died without issue 26 Sept 1829, when she was
succeeded by her cousin, James Campbell Brodie (see below).
He died 9 Nov 1827. 2a THOMAS, of whom
presently. The younger
son, THOMAS BRODIE of
Lethen, WS, Lyon Depute of Scotland 1754-69, matric arms at LO 1748-54;
married Phoebe, widow of John Scott of Nedderwick, and daughter of Thomas
Forbes, of Thornton, Kincardineshire, and died 19 Aug 1770, having had,
with other issue, a son, THOMAS BRODIE, WS;
married Ann Tapp, and had issue, four sons and three
dau, 1a JAMES CAMPBELL, of
whom presently. 2a Thomas, Lt-Col
HE.I.C's. Bengal Establishment, Dep Commr in Assam; born 23 May, 1805;
married 20 Oct 1855, Janet (died 19 Jan 1912), daughter of William
Haig, of Red Braes (see HAIG formerly of Bemersyde),
and died 27 Nov 1879, having had issue, with three dau, 1b William Haig;
born 28 July, 1856; married 15 Aug 1883, Gilliam (died 14
May, 1929), daughter of John Archibald Callendar, sometime of Newton House,
Lanarkshire, and died 12 March, 1910, having had issue, 1c Evan William;
born 18 Sept 1884; married 3 July, 1915, Cecilia Granville Lewin
(died 4 Oct 1952), daughter of Maj-Gen George Skene Hallowes, K.O.S.B, by
his wife Lucy Anne, daughter of James Hope, Dep Keeper of the Signet for
Scotland (see LINLITHGOW, M), and had issue, 1d •Marjorie; born
28 Feb 1918; married • Geoffrey Dimbleby, and has issue, four
daughters. 2c Ivor de Haga;
born 16 June, 1887; married 29 July, 1916, Winifred Kathrin,
younger daughter of late William Fidgeon, of Stanhope Street, Hyde Park Gardens,
London W.2, and died 6 July, 1951, leaving issue, 1d •Donald Haig,
served in WW II [Pippins. Burrows Lane, Gomshall, Surrey];
born 28 June, 1917; educated Trin College Glenalmond; married
9 Sept 1944 •Joan Margaret Odell, daughter of late Rev Leonard Stanley
Beale, and has issue, 1e •Catherine Mary
Teresa Haig; born 21 Sept 1946; married 25 Oct 1969 •William
Wickenden [1, Agraria Road, Guildford, Surrey], s of Guy
Wickenden, of Wittering, Sussex. 1d •Jean Lorraine
[Tor Cottage, Peaslake, Guildford, Surrey]; born 15
Nov 1929. 2b George James;
born 28 Feb 1859; married 1st, 4 June, 1890, Theresa Sophia
Charlotte (died 31 Dec 1909), daughter of Col Herman Wayne, 10th Regt, by
his wife Theresa Louisa, daughter of Sir William Edward Rouse-Boughton, 10th Bt
and 2nd Bt (see BURKE's PEERAGE & BARONETAGE, 1963 edn), and
had issue, 1c Ronald Herman, Maj
late The Cameronians; born 30 March, 1891; educated Malvern, and
RMA Woolwich; married 19 April, 1926, •Nora, daughter of Henri Stagno de
Navarra, of Ispahan, Persia, and has issue, 1d •Irma Janet;
born 5 April, 1931. 2d •Maria Theresa;
born 17 Sept 1937. 2c Colin David, late
Capt Middx, Regt; born 26 Dec 1893; educated Malvern, and RMC
Sandhurst; married 1st, 14 March, 1928 (divorce 1937), Hon Daphne
Cecil Rosemary, daughter of 1st Baron Harmsworth (see BURKE's PEERAGE
& BARONETAGE 1999 edn). He married 2nd, and died He married 2nd,
27 Oct 1914, Margaret Sarah Mary Josephine, daughter of W.J. S. Barber-Starkey,
of Knockshannoch, Angus, and died 1936. 3a David Hay, Ensign
HEICS; born 29 Jan 1809; died unm in Bengal, 22 April, 1831. 4a John Clerk, CB, LLD,
1st of Idvies, Angus, DL, JP, Dep Keeper of Gen Register of Sasines for
Scotland; born 20 May, 1811; married 1st, 20 March, 1832, Bethia
Garden (died 1844), eldest daughter of Stewart Souter, of Melrose, and
had issue, 1b THOMAS DAWSON (Sir),
1st and last Bt, 2nd of Idvies, DL, JP, WS (1857), Dep Keeper of Privy Seal of
Scotland, cr. a Bt 28 March, 1892; born 26 Dec 1832; educated
Harrow, and Edin U; married 1st, 11 Sept 1862, Charlotte Frederica
(died 27 May, 1870), daughter of Thomas John Furnell, of Heathmount, Co
Clare; and 2nd, 18 April, 1876, Anne, eldest daughter of William Dawson, of
Gairdoch, and Powfoulis, Stirlingshire, and died without issue 6 Sept
1896, when the baronetcy became extinct. He married 2nd,
16 Nov 1858, Penelope Marianne (died 2 July, 1877), 3rd daughter of Rev
John Sneyd, MA, JP, of Aschcombe Park, Staffs (see BURKE's L.G.
1969 edn, SNEYD (now SCOTT-MONCRIEFF) of Basford
Hall), and died 27 May, 1888, having by her had, with other
issue, 1b Anne Catherine, 3rd
of Idvies (in which she succeeded her half-brother 1896); married
8 June 1886, John Sharp CALLENDER-BRODIE, JP, who assumed the additional
surname of Brodie (died 23 Oct 1931), eldest son of John Archibald
Callender, and died 4 March, 1912, leaving issue, 1c John Clerk, 4th of
Idvies, Lt Scots Gds; born 8 May, 1894; educated Harrow, and RMC
Sandhurst; married 3 June, 1924, Freda (who married 2nd, 2 June,
1932, Ffinto-Gell, elder surviving son of John Gell, of St Leonardson-Sea), and
died as the result of a shooting accident, 3 July, 1924, s.p.
v.p. 1c Anne Catherine
Gilliams, 5th of Idvies (in which she succeeded her bro); born 14
May, 1887; married 7 Jan 1927, Cecil Henry Campbell JOHNSTONE-BRODIE (who
assumed the additional surname of Brodie), elder s of late Sir Donald Johnstone,
Ch Justice of the High Court, Punjab, and died without issue 23 March,
1967. 2c Phoebe Marianne;
born 29 Sept 1890; married 1st, 3 June, 1914, Capt Thomas Humphrey
Sneyd, 2nd Bn Lancs. Fus, only son of late Maj-Gen Thomas William Sneyd, JP, of
Aschcombe Park, Belmont, and Onecote, Staffs, and had issue, one daughter
(see BURKE's L.G. 1969 edn, SNEYD (now
SCOTT-MONCRIEFF) of Basford Hall). He was killed in
action , 2 Nov 1914, v.p. She married 2nd, 25 Aug 1925, Alfred
Stratford Dugdale, BA only son of late Cdr Edward Stratford Dugdale (see
BURKE's PEERAGE & BARONETAGE 1999 edn, DUGDALE, Bt, of
Merevale), and died 29 March, 1971. 1a Elizabeth; born
7 Oct 1793; married Frederick Furnell, younger brother of Michael
Furnell, of Cahirelly Castle, Co Limerick. 2a Phoebe; died
unm 1833. 3a Anne; married
1827, David Brown Wardlaw of Gogarmount, Midlothian, and had issue, The eldest
son, JAMES CAMPBELL BRODIE,
10th of Lethen and Coulmony, succeeded his cousin, Mrs. Sophia Dunbar
Brodie of Lethen and Burgie 1829 (see above); born 22 Feb
1801; married 20 March 1832, Mary Catherine (died 27 Feb 1854),
youngest daughter of Stewart Souter, of Melrose, and had
issue, 1a THOMAS STEWART, 11th
of Lethen; married 1858, Emma Georgina, 3rd daughter of William Gabbet,
of Mount Minnitt, Co Limerick, and dsm- 26 Oct 1865, leaving issue, three
daughters., 1b Catherine; died
young. 2b Emma Charlotte;
married Edward Collins Wood, of Keithick, Coupar Angus. 3b Jimina Jane
Alexander; married William Penny, s of Lord Kinloch (Scottish Law Ld). 2a JAMES CAMPBELL JOHN,
of whom presently. The younger
son, JAMES CAMPBELL JOHN
BRODIE, 12th of Lethen (in which he succeeded his brother 1865), HM Lt
for Nairnshire 1873-80, DL Morayshire; born 26 March, 1848; married
7 Sept 1869, Fanny Sophia Constance (died 21 March, 1909), 3rd
daughter of Edmund Thomas Wedgwood Wood, of Henley Hall, Ludlow, Salop
(see BURKE's L.G. 1952 edn), and died 26 Feb 1880,
having had, with other issue (who died young), 1a ALEXANDER, of whom
presently. 2a EWEN JAMES
succeeded his bro. 3a John Edmund; born
1880; died 1887. 1a Constance Marian;
born 2 Jan 1872; married 15 July, 1898, 5th Baron Radstock, and
died 5 Nov 1936, having had issue (see BURKE's PEERAGE &
BARONETAGE 1999 edn, WALDEGRAVE, E). He died 17 Sept 1953. 2a Mabel Evelyn; born
27 April, 1873; died unm 12 April, 1904. 3a Sophia Dunbar;
born 12 Nov 1874; married 29 July, 1908, Alwyn Parker, CB, CMG,
3rd son of Alfred Traill Parker, of Rothley Temple, Fairlie, Ayrshire, and
died 5 June, 1932, leaving issue (see BURKE's L.G. 1952
edn, PARKER formerly of Fairlie). He died 15
Sept 1951. The eldest
son, ALEXANDER BRODIE, 13th
of Lethen, and of Coulmony, Nairsnshire, DL, Scots Gds, served in S. African War
(wounded); born 5 July, 1876; educated Harrow, and RMC Sandhurst;
married 4 Sept 1907, Euphemia Mabel (who married 2nd, 22 March,
1911, Maj-Gen Sir Arthur Wigram Money, KCB, KBE, CS, (died 25 Oct 1951),
s of Gilbert Pocklington Money, Bengal C.S., and died 13 Sept 1964)
youngest daughter of George James Drummond, of Swaylands, Penshurst, Kent
(see PERTH, E), and died without issue 9 Jan
1908. His
brother, EWEN JAMES BRODIE,
14th of Lethen, and of Coulmony, Dunphail, and of Dunearn Lodge, Nairnshire, JP,
Capt QO Cameron Highrs; born 17 July, 1878; educated Harrow, and
Trin College Cambridge (BA); married 4 Jan 1911, Marion Louisa (who
married 2nd, 16 July, 1928, Col Hon Ian Malcolm Campbell, DSO, TD,
(died 11 March, 1962), 5th s of 3rd Earl Cawdor (see that
title), and died 20 Feb 1971, aged 80), eldest daughter of Maj
William Stirling of Fairburn, Ross-shire (see that family),
and was killed in action , 11 Nov 1914, leaving
issue, 1a DAVID JAMES, of whom
presently. 2a Peter Ewen, OBE
(1954), Q.P.M (1963), joined Metropolitan Police 1934, Supt. Ceylon Police
1943-47, Ch. Constable, Stirling and Clackmannan 1949-58, and Warwicks, 1958-64,
HM Inspr. of Constably. 1964-66, Assist Commr (Crime), New Scotland Yard from
1966, OStJ (1960); born 6 May, 1914; educated Harrow; married
12 Oct 1940, Betty Eve Middlebrook (died 3 June 1975), younger
daughter of late Thomas Middlebrook Horsfall, of Haydon Bridge, Northumberland
and died 7 Sept 1989, leaving an adopted son, •Andrew Malcolm;
born 3 Nov 1942; educated Harrow. 1a Helen Charlotte,
served in WW II born 22 June, 1913; died 7 Oct 1994. The elder
son, DAVID JAMES BRODIE,
15th of Lethen, and of Coulmony House, Dunphail, and of Dunearn Lodge,
Nairnshire, OBE (1964), DL (1948) Nairnshire, Maj (ret) QO Cameron Highrs,
served in WW II 1939-45; born 27 Oct 1911; educated Harrow, and
RMC Sandhurst; married 26 Oct 1936, Diana (died 11 Oct 1991), only
child of late Maj-Gen Sir John Humprey Davidson, KCMG, CB, DSO, of Kinchurdy,
Boat of Garten, Inverness-shire, and died 11 Aug 1966, leaving
issue, 1a •EWEN JOHN, of whom
we treat. 2a •James Campbell David
[Aikbank, Farlton, Carnforth, Lancs, LA6 1PD]; born 11
March, 1947; educated Harrow. 1a Marion; born 7
Dec 1937; married 25 April, 1959, •Alexander Cyril Gilroy, only son of
late Alexander Gilroy, of Fingask, Erroll, Perthshire; died 12 Oct
1984. 2a •Janet Diana; born
11 May, 1940; educated Sherborne Sch for Girls, and Edin College of
Arts; married 2 Oct 1965, •Geoffrey Schmidt [Riverview,Sutton
2620, New South Wales, Australia], elder s of late Rudolph
Schmidt, of Goonoo Goonoo, Tamworth, NSW Australia, and has issue, 1b •David Geoffrey,
[Riverview,Sutton 2620, New South Wales, Australia];
born 26 June, 1970. 1b •Lucinda Margaret,
[Riverview,Sutton 2620, New South Wales, Australia];
born 8 June, 1969. Tartan–Bertie (Dress and
Hunting) Seats–Lethen House,
Nairnshire; Dunearn Lodge, Nairnshire Residence–Lethen House,
Nairnshire, IV12 5PR Scotland Landed Gentry
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