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'''Emily Hester Brodrick''' (''née'' '''Melvill'''; 15 April 1846 – 1906) was an English writer. She published novels as '''Mrs Alan Brodrick'''.

==Life==
Brodrick 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]]. to Hon. Alan Brodrick, younger son of the [[William Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton|7th Viscount Midleton]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Joubert de la Ferté |first1=Eliza Jane Melvill |title=The Melvill family, a roll of honour of the descendants of Captain Philip Melvill, lieut-governor of Pendennis castle |date=1920 |publisher=London : A. L. Humphreys |page=[https://archive.org/details/melvillfamilyrol00joub/page/13 13] |url=https://archive.org/details/melvillfamilyrol00joub |accessdate=31 January 2020}}</ref> She was baptised on 8 June that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/visitationengla05unkngoog#page/n137/mode/1up|title=Visitation of England and Wales|last=Howard|first=Joseph Jackson and Frederick Arthur Crisp|year=1897|work=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=Private printing|pages=99|volume=5|accessdate=7 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Roll">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/melvillfamilyrol00joub#page/12/mode/1up/|title=The Melvill family, a roll of honour of the descendants of Captain Philip Melvill, lieut-governor of Pendennis castle|last=Ferté|first=Joubert de la|author2=Eliza Jane Melvill|year=1920|work=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=A. L. Humphreys|page=12|accessdate=3 November 2017|location=London}}</ref><ref name="Murray">Louis Murray, ''Emily Hester Brodrick (1846 1906) — A Life Lived in Two Dimensions'', The Hampshire Family Historian. 43(3) pp.136–137 (2016)</ref>

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 [[Allotment (gardening)|allotments]] on the [[glebe]] land.<ref name="Murray"/><ref>[[s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Brodrick, (Hon.) Alan]]</ref> Alan became Master of the [[Hospital of St Cross]], in [[Winchester]], where they moved in 1901.<ref name="Thorn">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/officialguidetos00warr#page/33/mode/1up|title=Official guide to St. Cross Hospital near Winchester|last=Warren|first=William Thorn|work=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=Warren & Son|pages=33|edition=6th|accessdate=7 June 2018|location=Winchester}}</ref>

==Death and legacy==
[[File:Brodrick Memorial Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1395718.jpg|thumb|Brodrick Memorial Hall today]]
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.<ref name="Murray"/><ref name="Thorn"/>

==Works==
Brodrick wrote in ''[[The Monthly Packet]]'' edited by [[Charlotte Mary Yonge]], in 1888.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/guardian-sep-05-1888-p-17/|title=Guardian Newspaper Archives, Sep 5, 1888, p. 17|work=[[Heritage Microfilm, Inc.]]|accessdate=7 June 2018}}</ref> She wrote novels. Her writing involved social themes treated from an Anglican point of view.<ref name="Murray"/> Her works were:

*''The Creed of Philip Glyn'' (1896).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9603404|title=The creed of Philip Glyn in SearchWorks catalog|work=[[Stanford University]]|accessdate=3 November 2017}}</ref> Reviewed dismissively by [[H. G. Wells]].<ref>
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}}</ref> The setting on the [[Gosport peninsula]] included landmarks such as [[Gilkicker Tower]] and [[Haslar Creek]].<ref name="Murray"/>
*''Ananias'' (1898)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/12133962|title=Ananias in SearchWorks catalog|work=[[Stanford University]]|accessdate=3 November 2017}}</ref>
*''Joscelyn's Pictures'', 2nd edition in 1901 reviewed in ''The Spectator''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_DY7zS2ddSqEC_2/bub_gb_DY7zS2ddSqEC#page/n68/mode/1up|title=The Literary Year Book|year=1906|work=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=George Routledge & Sons|page=69|accessdate=7 June 2018|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/21st-december-1901/26/joscelyns-pictures-by-the-hon-mrs-alan-brodrick-wa|title=Joscelyn's Pictures. By the Hon. Mrs. Alan Brodrick.|date=21 December 1901|work=[[The Spectator]]|page=26|accessdate=7 June 2018}}</ref>

==Family==
Emily married the Rev. Hon. Alan Brodrick, son of [[William Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton]], on 18 June 1867.<ref name="Murray"/> They had five children:<ref name="Roll"/>

*Alan Melvill Brodrick (1868–1933), married in 1898 Beatrice, daughter of the barrister Henry Ernst Hall (1845–1918).<ref name="Murray"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/visitationenglan06howa#page/n258/mode/1up/|title=Visitation of England and Wales |last=Howard |first= Joseph Jackson |author2= Frederick Arthur Crisp |year=1898 |work= [[Internet Archive]] |publisher= Private printing |pages=ix |volume=6 |accessdate=7 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{acad|id=HL864HE|name=Hall, Henry Ernst}}</ref> The marriage was dissolved in 1901.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kidd|first1=Charles|last2=Williamson|first2=David|title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2000|date=2002-07-02|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=9781561592654|page=1143}}</ref> He then married Diana Peacey.<ref name="Roll"/>
*Mabel Emily (1869–1956) married in 1892 [[William Lowther Grant]].<ref name="Murray"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Parkinson|first=Jonathan|title=The Royal Navy, China Station: 1864 - 1941: As seen through the lives of the Commanders in Chief|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2YxLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA309|accessdate=7 June 2018|date=2018-02-20|publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd|isbn=9781788035217|page=309}}</ref>
*William John Henry Brodrick (1874–1964), a barrister.<ref name="Murray"/><ref name="Roll"/>
*George Trevor Brodrick (1877–1902).<ref name="Roll"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/visitationengla05unkngoog#page/n138/mode/1up|title=Visitation of England and Wales|last=Howard|first=Joseph Jackson and Frederick Arthur Crisp|year=1897|work=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=Private printing|pages=100|volume=5|accessdate=7 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/visitationofengl11howa#page/n251/mode/1up/|title=Visitation of England and Wales|last=Howard|first=Joseph Jackson|author2=Frederick Arthur Crisp|year=1903|work=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=Private printing|pages=xvi|volume=11|accessdate=8 June 2018}}</ref>
*Dorothea Mary (1889–1953), married Hugh Gildart Worsley.<ref name="Murray"/><ref name="Roll"/>

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