John Broadhurst
Member of Parliament for Sudbury
In office
19 June 1818 – 7 March 1820
Serving with William Heygate
Preceded byCharles Wyatt and
Sir John Hippisley
Succeeded byCharles Augustus Tulk
Member of Parliament for Hedon
In office
4 December 1813 – 18 June 1818
Serving with Anthony Browne
Preceded byGeorge Johnstone
Succeeded byEdmund Turton and
Robert Farrand
Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
In office
27 October 1812 – 9 June 1813
Serving with Thomas Wallace
Henry Trail and General Sir John Murray
Preceded byCharles Adams,
Richard Steward and Joseph Hume
Succeeded byChristopher Idle
Viscount Cranborne and
Masterton Ure
Personal details
Born1778 (1778)
Died15 September 1861(1861-09-15) (aged 82–83)
Political partyWhig
Alma materEton College
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Battles/warsPeninsular War

John Broadhurst (1778 - 15 September 1861) was a Whig politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis between October 1812 and June 1813, Hedon from December 1813 to June 1818 and Sudbury from June 1818 to March 1820.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

Broadhurst attended Eton College.[4] He was a soldier, and fought in the Peninsular War and was present at the retreat of Corunna.

Parliamentary career

Broadhurst's election as MP for Waymouth and Melcombe Regis was petitioned and overturned, with his election being declared void. Thomas Wallace, Henry Trail and Broadhurst was declared void after being found to have violated the Exemptions of Apothecaries Act 1694, and a by-election was held.[5][6]

He was elected to Hedon in December 1813 in a by-election following the death of George Johnstone and then went on to stand for Sudbury in the 1818 general election, serving until the 1820 general election where he did not seek re-election.[2][3]

Broadhurst never had a recorded speech in Parliament's Hansard during his time as an MP, however, The History of Parliament states that his only known speech was on 7 May 1818 where "he opposed a clause proposed for the Poor Law Amendment Bill which would take pauper children out of their parents’ care."[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mr John Broadhurst (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Mr John Broadhurst (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 61–63. Retrieved 12 December 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b c "BROADHURST, John (?1778-1861), of Foston Hall, Derbys. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Weymouth And Melcombe Regis Election - Friday 26 February 1813 - Hansard - UK Parliament". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. ^ Pickering, Danby (1764). The Statutes at Large. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
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