Broderick, Thomas, ca. 1708-1769

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Broderick, Thomas, ca. 1708-1769

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        ca. 1708-1769

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        BRODERICK, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1718; left 1721. [Perhaps Thomas Brod (e)rick, son of William Brod (e)rick, Judge of King’s Bench, Ireland; Lieut. Royal Navy 11 Jan 1727; distinguished himself at Porto Bello in 1739, while serving under the command of Edward Vernon (qv); Cdr. 1741; Capt. 27 Mar 1741; also saw service on expeditions to Cartagena and Cuba; Rear Adm., 4 Jun 1756; member court martial on Adm. Byng Jan 1757; second-in-command, Mediterranean Fleet Jan 1758; rescued from sea after destruction of his flagship, HMS Prince George, by an accidental fire 13 Apr 1758; Vice-Adm., 14 Feb 1759; present at blockade of Toulon and action in Lagos Bay; commanded British fleet in blockade of Cadiz; MP Middleton (I) 1761-8; m. 29 May 1728 (IGI) Mary, dau. of Benjamin Robins; d. 1 Jan 1769. DNB (as THOMAS BRODRICK)].

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        GB-2014-WSA-03839

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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