# Henry Broadwood

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British politician (died 1878)

Henry Broadwood Member of Parliament for Bridgwater In office 16 May 1837 – 7 July 1852 Serving with Charles Kemeys-Tynte II (1847–1852) Thomas Seaton Forman (1841–1847) Philip Courtenay (Aug. 1837–1841) Charles Kemeys-Tynte I (May. 1837–Aug. 1837) Preceded by John Temple Leader Charles Kemeys-Tynte I Succeeded by Charles Kemeys-Tynte II Brent Follett Personal details Born 8 August 1795 Died 1878 (aged 82–83) Party Conservative

**Henry Broadwood** (8 August 1795 or 1793 – 1878)[1][2] was a [British](/source/Great_Britain) [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) politician.[3]

He was a younger son of [John Broadwood](/source/John_Broadwood) (by his second wife) and came from the famous piano-making family who owned [John Broadwood & Sons](/source/John_Broadwood_%26_Sons), and supplied [Beethoven](/source/Beethoven) with his favourite piano. He studied at [Emmanuel College, Cambridge](/source/Emmanuel_College%2C_Cambridge) from 1813.[4] He became a [Gentleman of the Privy Chamber](/source/Gentleman_of_the_Privy_Chamber) to [King George IV](/source/King_George_IV) in 1826, continuing under [William IV](/source/William_IV) after 1830.[4]

After unsuccessfully contesting the [1835 general election](/source/1835_United_Kingdom_general_election) for [Bridgwater](/source/Bridgwater_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), Broadwood became Conservative [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) (MP) for the same seat at a [by-election in 1837](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1837_Bridgwater_by-election&action=edit&redlink=1)—caused by the resignation of [John Temple Leader](/source/John_Temple_Leader). He then held the seat until [1852](/source/1852_United_Kingdom_general_election) when he did not seek re-election.[3][5]

On 19 May 1840 he married Fanny Lowther (1818–1890) at [Saint Martin in the Fields](/source/Saint_Martin_in_the_Fields), a few hundred yards from the homes of both. She was the "natural" (illegitimate) daughter of the unmarried Viscount Lowther, the future [William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale](/source/William_Lowther%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Lonsdale), also a Tory MP, who had been a friend of George IV. By a later liaison of her mother with Dr [Charles Lewis Meryon](/source/Charles_Lewis_Meryon), Fanny Lowther was the half-sister of the French artist [Charles Meryon](/source/Charles_Meryon) who she helped support to the end of his life. She was living with her father at 15 [Carlton House Terrace](/source/Carlton_House_Terrace) at her marriage, and received a [dowry](/source/Dowry) of £10,000.[4] After Lowther's death in 1872 Fanny was left £125,000.[6]

They had two sons and a daughter, Mary, who died young (1851–66). The elder son was Arthur Broadwood (1849–1927), who retired from the army as a colonel in 1906 and who had five children. His brother was Alfred Broadwood (1856–1909).[7]

Broadwood had been left £20,000 and a country house in Essex at his father's death in 1812. Most of this was invested by his trustees in a partnership in a Lion Brewery in London (apparently not the [Lion Brewery Co](/source/Lion_Brewery_Co) in [Lambeth](/source/Lambeth)). But the business, perhaps neglected by Broadwood, was not a success,[4] and in 1848 his "fortune collapsed", and for the rest of his life he lived in [Tunbridge Wells](/source/Tunbridge_Wells), though remaining an MP until 1852.[8]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Collins, 92 has 1793; Rayment 1795

1. **[^](#cite_ref-leighrayment_2-0)** Rayment, Leigh (30 August 2018). ["The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "B""](https://web.archive.org/web/20181028211113/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons5.htm). *Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page*. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-stookssmith_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-stookssmith_3-1) Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). [*The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive*](https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA30). London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 30. Retrieved 28 October 2018 – via [Google Books](/source/Google_Books).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Collins,_92_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Collins,_92_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Collins,_92_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Collins,_92_4-3) Collins, 92

1. **[^](#cite_ref-craig1832_5-0)** [Craig, F. W. S.](/source/F._W._S._Craig), ed. (1977). *British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885* (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 60. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-349-02349-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-349-02349-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Collins, 268

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Collins, 270

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Collins, 269

## References

- Collins, Roger, *Charles Meryon: A Life*, 1999, Garton & Company, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0906030358](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0906030358), 9780906030356

## External links

- *[Hansard](/source/Hansard)* 1803–2005: [contributions in Parliament by Mr Henry Broadwood](https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-henry-broadwood)

Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by John Temple Leader Charles Kemeys-Tynte I Member of Parliament for Bridgwater 1837–1852 With: Charles Kemeys-Tynte II (1847–1852) Thomas Seaton Forman (1841–1847) Philip Courtenay (Aug. 1837–1841) Charles Kemeys-Tynte I (May. 1837–Aug. 1837) Succeeded by Charles Kemeys-Tynte II Brent Follett

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