Henry Harrison-Broadley Explained

Henry Broadley Harrison-Broadley (12 March 1853 – 29 December 1914)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1914.

Harrison-Broadley was the nephew of William Harrison-Broadley, former MP for East Riding of Yorkshire. On the death of his uncle in 1896 he inherited Welton House.[2] On 25 October 1899 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, based in Hull.[3]

Harrison-Broadley was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Howdenshire constituency at the 1906 general election,[4] and held the seat until his death in 1914, aged 61.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with H, part 4 . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page . 14 January 2010 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20121219110655/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons4.htm . 19 December 2012 .
  2. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=050-dp146&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 National Archives - Hull University Brynmor Jones Library - Journal and personal account book of Robert Carlisle Broadley of Hull
  3. Army List.
  4. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 . 1974 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-27-2 . 426.

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