Henry Broadley

Who was Henry Broadley?

Henry Broadley was a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1837 to 1851

Broadley was a member of the Broadley family of merchants, bankers and landowners of Hull. He was first chairman of the Hull and Selby Railway Company from 1836 to 1843.

At the 1837 general election, Broadley was elected Member of Parliament for East Riding of Yorkshire and held it until his death in 1851.

Broadley bought Welton House, Yorkshire in 1848. On his death it passed to his sister, Sophia Broadley who died in 1864 and then to his nephew William Harrison-Broadley. When he also died unmarried it passed to his nephew, Henry Broadley Harrison-Broadley.