From earliest times, the Clan Brodie were associated with the province of Moray. In the 12th century King Malcolm IV confirmed their possession of land there, and Michael, Thane of Brodie, received a charter from Robert the Bruce two or three years before the battle of Bannockburn. During the 13th 14th and 15th centuries the family name appeared frequently in the charters of the period, and John of Brodie, assisted the MacKenzies against MacDonalds at the famous battle of Blair-na-park in 1466, which contributed to the fall of the ancient Earldom of Ross. In 1550 Alexander Brodie and over a hundred others were denounced rebels for attacking Alexander Cumming of Altyre.

The family continued prominent in local and national affairs and Alexander Brodie of Brodie, born in 1617, was a Senator of the College of Justice. He represented the county of Elgin in Parliament from 1643 and served on many committees. In 1649 he went to Holland from Parliament to treat with Charles II and to arrange for the conditions of his return to Scotland. He was cited to London by Cromwell to treat of a union between the two kingdoms, but he avoided employment under Cromwell. He died in 1679.

Alexander Brodie of Brodie, born in 1697, was appointed Lord Lyon King at Arms in 1727. He died in 1754. Throughout the long history of the family the Brodies became connected through marriage with many of the greatest families in Scotland.

Crest: A dexter hand holding a sheaf of arrows, all proper. Badge: Periwinkle