James Brodie of Brodie, 21st Thane and Chief of Clan Brodie, FRS FLS (31 August 1744 – 17 January 1824) was a Scottish politician and botanist. He was educated at Elgin Academy and St. Andrews University. He was returned to parliament in 1796 as MP for Elginshire, serving until 1807. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Nairn.
As a botanist, Brodie specialised in cryptogamic flora, i.e. plants which reproduce by spores, such as algae, ferns and mosses. He discovered a number of new species both around Edinburgh and on his own property at Brodie. His collection is now held at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. He corresponded with other eminent botanists of his time, including Sir William Jackson Hooker and Sir James Edward Smith. Brodie was elected a Fellow of the Linnaean Society in 1795, and of the Royal Society in 1797. The genus Brodiaea is named in his honour.
He married Lady Margaret Duff, sister of James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife, and had two sons and two daughters.
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| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| New office | Lord Lieutenant of Nairn 1794–1824 |
Succeeded byWilliam Brodie |
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded byLudovick Alexander Grant | Member of Parliament for Elginshire 1796–1800 |
Succeeded byParliament of the United Kingdom |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded byParliament of Great Britain | Member of Parliament for Elginshire 1801–1807 |
Succeeded byFrancis William Grant |
- 1744 births
- 1824 deaths
- People from Moray
- Alumni of the University of St Andrews
- 18th-century Scottish botanists
- 19th-century Scottish botanists
- British phycologists
- British bryologists
- British pteridologists
- Fellows of the Linnean Society of London
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Scottish clan chiefs
- Lord-lieutenants of Nairn
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies
- British MPs 1796–1800
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
- UK MPs 1801–1802
- UK MPs 1802–1806
- UK MPs 1806–1807
- People educated at Elgin Academy, Moray