Emily Hester Brodrick (née Melvill; 15 April 1846 – 1906) was an English writer. She published novels as Mrs Alan Brodrick.
Life
editBrodrick was born at Fort William, Calcutta on 15 April 1846, or 25 April, the eldest daughter of Philip Melvill (1817–1854), eldest son of Sir James Cosmo Melvill, and his wife Emily Jane Hogg, daughter of Charles Hogg. The Melvill family was highly influential in the East India Company.[1] She was baptised on 8 June that year.[2][3][4]
After her marriage, she was a vicar's wife in Godalming from 1875, and Alverstoke from 1885 to 1901. In Alverstoke she was involved in setting up allotments on the glebe land.[4][5] Her husband Alan Brodrick became Master of the Hospital of St Cross, in Winchester, where they moved in 1901.[6]
Death and legacy
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Emily Brodrick died in 1906. In 1907 her husband dedicated Brodrick Memorial Hall in Gosport, which he and the parish built, to her memory, and also the restored South Chapel of the Hospital of St Cross.[4][6]
Works
editBrodrick wrote in The Monthly Packet edited by Charlotte Mary Yonge, in 1888.[7] She wrote novels. Her writing involved social themes treated from an Anglican point of view.[4] Her works were:
- The Creed of Philip Glyn (1896).[8] Reviewed dismissively by H. G. Wells.[9] The setting on the Gosport peninsula included landmarks such as Gilkicker Tower and Haslar Creek.[4]
- Ananias (1898)[10]
- Joscelyn's Pictures, 2nd edition in 1901 reviewed in The Spectator.[11][12]
Family
editEmily married the Rev. Hon. Alan Brodrick, son of William Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton, on 18 June 1867.[4] They had five children:[3]
- Alan Melvill Brodrick (1868–1933), married in 1898 Beatrice, daughter of the barrister Henry Ernst Hall (1845–1918).[4][13][14] The marriage was dissolved in 1901.[15] He then married Diana Peacey.[3]
- Mabel Emily (1869–1956) married in 1892 William Lowther Grant.[4][16]
- William John Henry Brodrick (1874–1964), a barrister.[4][3]
- George Trevor Brodrick (1877–1902).[3][17][18]
- Dorothea Mary (1889–1953), married Hugh Gildart Worsley.[4][3]
Notes
edit- ^ Joubert de la Ferté, Eliza Jane Melvill (1920). The Melvill family, a roll of honour of the descendants of Captain Philip Melvill, lieut-governor of Pendennis castle. London : A. L. Humphreys. p. 13. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson and Frederick Arthur Crisp (1897). "Visitation of England and Wales". Internet Archive. Private printing. p. 99. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Ferté, Joubert de la; Eliza Jane Melvill (1920). "The Melvill family, a roll of honour of the descendants of Captain Philip Melvill, lieut-governor of Pendennis castle". Internet Archive. London: A. L. Humphreys. p. 12. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Louis Murray, Emily Hester Brodrick (1846 1906) — A Life Lived in Two Dimensions, The Hampshire Family Historian. 43(3) pp.136–137 (2016)
- ^ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Brodrick, (Hon.) Alan
- ^ a b Warren, William Thorn. "Official guide to St. Cross Hospital near Winchester". Internet Archive (6th ed.). Winchester: Warren & Son. p. 33. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Guardian Newspaper Archives, Sep 5, 1888, p. 17". Heritage Microfilm, Inc. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ Brodrick, Mrs Alan (1896). The Creed of Philip Glyn. London: Ward & Downey. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ Robert M. Philmus, H.G. Wells as Literary Critic for the Saturday Review, Science Fiction Studies Vol. 4, No. 2 (Jul., 1977), pp. 166–193, at p. 190. Published by: SF-TH Inc. JSTOR 4239112
- ^ Brodrick, Mrs Alan (1898). Ananias. London: Methuen. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "The Literary Year Book". Internet Archive. London: George Routledge & Sons. 1906. p. 69. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Joscelyn's Pictures. By the Hon. Mrs. Alan Brodrick". The Spectator. 21 December 1901. p. 26. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson; Frederick Arthur Crisp (1898). "Visitation of England and Wales". Internet Archive. Private printing. pp. ix. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Hall, Henry Ernst (HL864HE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (2 July 2002). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2000. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 1143. ISBN 9781561592654.
- ^ Parkinson, Jonathan (20 February 2018). The Royal Navy, China Station: 1864 - 1941: As seen through the lives of the Commanders in Chief. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 309. ISBN 9781788035217. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson and Frederick Arthur Crisp (1897). "Visitation of England and Wales". Internet Archive. Private printing. p. 100. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson; Frederick Arthur Crisp (1903). "Visitation of England and Wales". Internet Archive. Private printing. pp. xvi. Retrieved 8 June 2018.