In the
Parliament of Great Britain, he was elected at a by-election in January 1720 as the
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Elginshire. He died later that year, aged 25,[1]
of "a headache which put him in a fever".[3]
His younger brother
Alexander succeeded him as clan chief, and was elected in his place as MP for Elginshire.[3]
References
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abFoster, Joseph (1882). Members of Parliament, Scotland, including the minor barons, the commissioners for the shires, and the commissioners for the burghs, 1357–1882: on the basis of the parliamentary return 1880, with genealogical and biographical notices (2nd ed.). pp. 34–5.
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abSimpson, J. M. (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.).
"BRODIE, James (1695-1720), of Brodie, Elgin". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 1 May 2015.