William Bromley

Who was William Bromley?

Sir William Bromley was an English Tory politician. He was Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1710 to 1713 and Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1713 to 1714.

Bromley was a member of an old Staffordshire family, which by the time of his birth was settled in Warwickshire. He was the son of Sir William Bromley and his wife Ursula. He was born at the family seat at Baginton, Warwickshire, and was baptized on 31 August 1663.

In 1679 Bromley entered Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1681.