Henry Broadley

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Henry Broadley (1793–1851) was a British 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.[1]

At the 1837 general election, Broadley was elected Member of Parliament for East Riding of Yorkshire and held it until his death in 1851.[2]

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.[1]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for East Riding of Yorkshire
1837–1851
With: Richard Bethell 1837–1841
The Lord Hotham 1841–1851
Succeeded by