Three-quarter length, wearing armour, his hand resting on a helmet

By descent from the sitter to his great nephew, Alan, 2nd Viscount Midleton;
By descent to William Brodrick, 8th Viscount Midleton, circa 1890;
An꧑on. sale, Sotheby's, 10th July 1991, lot 99, where acquired by the present owner

The sitter was the son of Sir Thomas Brodrick of Wandsworth, and his wife, Katherine, daughter of Robert Nicholas of Manningford Bruce, Wiltshire.  He was knighted on 1st August 1660, and the next day was appointed Surveyor, Estimator, and Extensor-General of Ireland, as the successor to Sir Adam Loftus of Rathfarnham.  He died unmarried on 25th November 1680 and was buried at Wandsworth Church.  Sir Alan was succeeded by his brother, Sir St. John Brodrick, whose son, Alan, became Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, and was later created Viscount Midleton.