The Midleton Era

In 1712 the estate was acquired by Alan Brodrick.  An eminent lawyer, he had filled the chair as Speaker of the House of Commons in Ireland and was created 1^st Viscount Midleton of the Kingdom of Ireland in 1717.

The Lords Midleton were to remain at Peper Harow for 230 years.

Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount, was one of the Commissioners of Customs and M.P. for Midhurst.  He married, in 1729, Mary, youngest daughter of Algernon, Earl of Essex,  by whom he left, at his decease in 1747, an only son,

George Brodrick, 3^rd Viscount Midleton, married, on 1st May 1752, Albinia, eldest daughter of Hon. Thomas Townshend. 
He played a particularly significant role, commissioning Capability Brown to landscape the site and Sir William Chambers to build the stables and coach yard in 1763, and then, in 1765, a fine house to replace the original mansion. 

George Brodrick  3^rd Viscount Midleton

On the chancel wall of St. Nicholas Church is a memorial to Sir Thomas Brodrick, Vice Admiral of the Red in the 18^th Century when the navy was divided into three squadrons, the Red, White and Blue.  As a lieutenant he commanded the storming party when Admiral Vernon took Portobello.  Later he sat on the court martial of Admiral Byng who was sentenced to death after his failure at Minorca.

George Brodrick, 4th Viscount, was created a Peer of the United Kingdom as Baron Brodrick, of Peper Harow, May 28th 1798.  He married first, in December 1776, Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Pelham, first Earl of Chichester; and secondly, on June 13th 1797, Maria, daughter of Richard Benyon, Esq. of Gildea Hall in Essex.  They had five daughters and one son,
George Alan Brodrick, 5th Viscount, born June 10th 1806, married May 4th 1833, Ellen, daughter of Mr Griffith, and dying without issue, November 1st 1848, was succeeded by his cousin,

Charles Brodrick, 6th Viscount, born September 14th 1791, who married, May 5th 1825, Emma, third daughter of Thomas, twenty-second Lord Despencer, and having no son, but only daughters, was succeeded by his next brother,The Rev. William John Brodrick, 7th Viscount, Dean of Exeter, and Chaplain to the Queen.  Born July 8th 1798, he married first, March 6th 1824, Elizabeth Anne, eldest daughter of Robert, sixth Earl of Cardigan, but had no issue.  He married, secondly, March 31st 1829, his first cousin, Harriet, daughter of his uncle George, 4th Viscount, and had, with other children,

William Brodrick, 8th Viscount, J.P. and D.L. for Surrey, Lord High Steward of Kingston-on-Thames, and some time M.P. for Mid-Surrey, born January 6th 1830.  He married, October 25th 1853, Augusta Mary, third daughter of the Right Hon. Thomas Francis, first Lord Cottesloe, and had, with several other children, an eldest son,

William St. John Fremantle Brodrick, 9th Viscount and 1st Earl of Midleton, born December 14th 1856.  He was the last of the Midleton family to be associated with Peper Harow.