Broughton Baronets

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Doddington Hall
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The Broughton, later Broughton-Delves, later Broughton Baronetcy, of Broughton in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 10 March 1661 for Sir Brian Broughton, of Broughton Hall, near Eccleshall, Staffordshire, High Sheriff of Staffordshire from 1660 to 1661 and the member of an ancient Staffordshire family.

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Sir Brian Broughton's grandson, also named Brian, the third Baronet, was a Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme. He married Elizabeth, daughter and sole heiress of Sir Thomas Delves, 4th Baronet, of Doddington (see Delves Baronets). Their son, Brian, the fourth Baronet, succeeded to the Doddington Park estate in Cheshire through his mother and assumed the additional surname of Delves according to the will of his maternal grandfather. He represented Wenlock in the House of Commons. His eldest son, Brian, the fifth Baronet, died childless at an early age and was succeeded by his younger brother, Thomas, the sixth Baronet, who was a clergyman. He assumed the surname of Broughton only in 1766.

On his death in 1813 the title passed to his eldest son, John, the seventh Baronet. He was a General in the British Army. He was childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, Henry, the eighth Baronet. Like his father he was a clergyman. His eldest son, Henry, the ninth Baronet, was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1859. The title descended from father to son until the death of his great-grandson, Evelyn, the twelfth Baronet, who died without surviving male issue in 1993. As of 13 June 2007 the presumed thirteenth and present Baronet, David Delves Broughton, has not proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage; the baronetcy has been dormant since 1993. For more information, follow this link. David Delves Broughton is the great-great-grandson of Reverend Delves Broughton, second son of the eighth Baronet[1].

Several other members of the family have also gained distinction. William Robert Broughton (1762-1821), great-grandson of Charles Broughton, younger son of the first Baronet, was a Captain in the Royal Navy. Theodore Delves Broughton (1827-1944), grandson of Reverend Thomas Delves Broughton, eldest son of Thomas Delves Broughton, third son of the sixth Baronet, was a Colonel and temporary Brigadier in the Royal Engineers. William Edward Delves Broughton (1802-1880), second son of the aforementioned Thomas Delves Broughton, third son of the sixth Baronet, was a General in the Royal Engineers. His second son William Edward Delves Broughton (1837-1895) was a Major-General in the Bengal Army.

The family seat is Doddington Park, near Nantwich, Cheshire. It remains in the family of Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, 12th Baronet.

[edit] Individual titleholders

  • Sir Brian Broughton, 1st Baronet (1618–1708)
  • Sir Thomas Broughton, 2nd Baronet (d. 1710)
  • Sir Brian Broughton, 3rd Baronet (d. 1724)
  • Sir Brian Broughton-Delves, 4th Baronet (1717–1744)
  • Sir Brian Broughton-Delves, 5th Baronet (1740–1766)
  • Sir Thomas Broughton, 6th Baronet (c. 1749–23 July 1813). Broughton was the second son of Sir Brian Broughton-Delves, 4th Baronet, and his wife Mary (née Forrester), and was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1766 he succeeded in the baronetcy on the death of his childless elder brother and the same year he assumed the surname of Broughton only in lieu of Broughton-Delves. Broughton was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1772 and Rector of Cheadle, Staffordshire, between 1795 and 1807. He married firstly Mary, daughter of John Wicker, in 1766. They had several children. After her death in 1785 he married secondly Lady Anne, daughter of Other Lewis Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth, in 1787. There were no children from this marriage. After her death in 1793 he married thirdly Mary, daughter of Michael Keating and widow of Thomas Scott Jackson, in 1794. This marriage was also childless. Broughton died in July 1813, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son from his first marriage, John. Lady Broughton died in November 1813.
  • Sir John Delves Broughton, 7th Baronet (17 August 1769–9 August 1847). Sir John was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Broughton, 6th Baronet, by his first wife Mary (née Wicker). He served in the British Army and achieved the rank of General in 1830. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Egerton, in 1792. They had no children. Broughton died in August 1847, aged 77, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, Henry. Lady Broughton died in January 1857.
  • Sir Henry Delves Broughton, 8th Baronet (10 January 1777–3 November 1851). Sir Henry was a younger son of Sir Thomas Broughton, 1st Baronet, by his first wife Mary (née Wicker), and was educated at Rugby, Eton, Oriel College, Oxford, and Jesus College, Cambridge. From 1807 to 1829 he was Rector of Cheadle, Staffordshire. In 1847, at the age of 70, he succeeded his elder brother in the baronetcy. Sir Henry married Mary, daughter of John Pigott, in 1807. They had nine sons and nine daughters. He died in November 1851, aged 74, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Henry. Lady Delves Broughton died in December 1863.
  • Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, 12th Baronet (2 October 1915–5 January 1993). Sir Evelyn was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. 2nd Lt, Irish Guards, Major RASC.[2] He inherited his baronetcy from his father, 'Jock' Delves Broughton, in 1942. In 1947, he married Hon Elizabeth Florence Marion Cholmondeley. In 1955, he married Helen Mary Shore, with whom he had four children, including Isabella Blow, to each of whom he left only £5,000 of his estate[3], having already provided for them. In 1964 his only son, John, died aged two by drowning in an ornamental pool.[4] Following separation from his second wife in 1972, in 1974 he married his third wife, Rona Cramond (née Clifford Johns)[5]. As he left no surviving son, his distant cousin David Delves Broughton was probably heir, but his claim to the title remains so far unproven.[6]
  • Sir David Delves Broughton, 13th Baronet (b. 1942)

The Heir Presumptive is Geoffrey Delves Broughton (b. 1962)

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ No Sir! You are not a Baronet yet, William Cash, Sunday Telegraph, 6 July, 2003
  2. ^ Who's Who 1988
  3. ^ £3,962,702 net (Latest wills, The Times, April 5, 1997) but wrongly reported as £6m in Isabella Blow articles such as Blow by Blow, Tamsin Blanchard, The Observer, 23 Jun 2002, and her 2007 obituaries
  4. ^ Heir To Baronetcy Found Drowned, The Times, 14 Sep, 1964
  5. ^ thePeerage.com - Main Page
  6. ^ No Sir! You are not a Baronet yet, William Cash, Sunday Telegraph, 6 July, 2003

[edit] References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • www.thepeerage.com
  • Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th ed.
  • Leigh Rayment's Baronetage Page.
  • Records of an Old Cheshire Family