John Broadhurst (MP)
John Broadhurst | |
|---|---|
| Member of ParliamentforSudbury | |
| In office 19 June 1818 – 7 March 1820 Serving withWilliam Heygate | |
| Preceded by | Charles Wyattand SirJohn Hippisley |
| Succeeded by | Charles Augustus Tulk |
| Member of ParliamentforHedon | |
| In office 4 December 1813 – 18 June 1818 Serving withAnthony Browne | |
| Preceded by | George Johnstone |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Turtonand Robert Farrand |
| Member of ParliamentforWeymouth and Melcombe Regis | |
| In office 27 October 1812 – 9 June 1813 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Adams, Richard StewardandJoseph Hume |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Idle Viscount Cranborneand Masterton Ure |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1778 |
| Died | 15 September 1861(aged 82–83) |
| Political party | Whig |
| Alma mater | Eton College |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Battles/wars | Peninsular War |
John Broadhurst(1778 - 15 September 1861) was aWhigpolitician and theMember of Parliament(MP) forWeymouth and Melcombe Regisbetween October 1812 and June 1813,HedonfromDecember 1813to June 1818 andSudburyfromJune 1818toMarch 1820.[1][2][3][4]
Early life[edit]
Broadhurst attendedEton College.[4]He was a soldier, and fought in thePeninsular Warand was present at the retreat ofCorunna.
Parliamentary career[edit]
Broadhurst's election as MP for Waymouth and Melcombe Regis was petitioned and overturned, with his election being declared void.Thomas Wallace,Henry Trailand Broadhurst was declared void after being found to have violated theExemptions of Apothecaries Act 1694,and a by-election was held.[5][6]
He was elected toHedonin December 1813 in a by-election following the death ofGeorge Johnstoneand then went on to stand for Sudbury in the1818 general election,serving until the1820 general electionwhere he did not seek re-election.[2][3]
Broadhurst never had a recorded speech inParliament'sHansardduring his time as an MP, however,The History of Parliamentstates that his only known speech was on 7 May 1818 where "he opposed a clause proposed for the Poor Law Amendment Bill which would take pauper children out of their parents’ care."[1][4]
References[edit]
- ^ab"Mr John Broadhurst (Hansard)".api.parliament.uk.Retrieved23 September2021.
- ^ab"Mr John Broadhurst (Hansard)".api.parliament.uk.Retrieved23 September2021.
- ^abStooks Smith, Henry (1845).The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive.London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 61–63.Retrieved12 December2018– viaGoogle Books.
- ^abc"BROADHURST, John (?1778-1861), of Foston Hall, Derbys. | History of Parliament Online".historyofparliamentonline.org.Retrieved23 September2021.
- ^"Weymouth And Melcombe Regis Election - Friday 26 February 1813 - Hansard - UK Parliament".hansard.parliament.uk.Retrieved22 September2021.
- ^Pickering, Danby(1764).The Statutes at Large.Cambridge:University of Cambridge.
- 1778 births
- 1861 deaths
- UK MPs 1812–1818
- UK MPs 1818–1820
- People educated at Eton College
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Hedon
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Sudbury
- British Army officers
- British Army personnel of the Peninsular War
- Politicians from Derbyshire