BROUGHTON DELVES, Sir Bryan, 4th Bt. (1718-44), of Broughton, Staffs.

Family and Education

b. 6 Jan. 1718, o.s. of Sir Bryan Broughton, 3rd Bt.. educ. Winchester 1733; Queen’s, Oxf. 1735. m. 21 May 1738, Mary, da. of William Forester of Dothill Park, Salop, 2s. suc. fa. 12 Sept. 1724, and maternal gd.-fa. Sir Thomas Delves, 4th Bt., of Doddington, Cheshire 1727, and assumed add. name of Delves.

Offices Held

Deputy ranger of Needwood forest Aug. 1739 – d.

Address

Main residence: Broughton, Staffs.

biography text

In November 1740 Broughton was nominated without his consent for Newcastle-under-Lyme and was defeated.1Staffs Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.) ii(2), pp. 238-9. Returned next year for Wenlock on his father-in-law’s interest, his only recorded vote was for the Government on the chairman of the elections committee in December 1741. In the Cockpit list of 1742 he was allocated to H. A. Herbert. He died 11 Aug. 1744.

Author

J.B.L.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. Staffs Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.) ii(2), pp. 238-9.