Richard Broughton(Albertan)
Richard Broughton may refer to: *Richard Broughton (priest) (c. 1558–1634), English Catholic priest and antiquarian * Richard Broughton (MP) (1524–1604), English politician *Richard Broughton, president of Society for Psychical Research *Richard Broughton of Colaba Colaba (; or ISO: Kolābā) is a part of the city of Mumbai, India. It is one of the four peninsulas of Mumbai while the other three are Worli, Bandra and Malabar Hill. During Portuguese rule in the 16th century, the island was known as Kolbhat ...

Richard Broughton (priest)
Richard Broughton, alias Rouse, (''ca.'' 1558 in Great Stukeley, Huntingdonshire – 18 January 1634) was a Catholic priest and antiquarian. Life Broughton claimed descent form the Broughtons of Lancashire. He was ordained at Reims on 4 May 1593 and soon after returned to England. John Pitts, a contemporary, says that he "gathered a most abundant harvest of souls into the granary of Christ" and eulogizes his attainments in being "no less familiar with literature than learned in Greek and Hebrew". Broughton became an assistant to the archpriest, a canon of the chapter, and vicar-general to Richard Smith, Bishop of Chalcedon. He also claims recognition for his influence on the study of antiquity; having earned, partly by his work and partly through controversy, the right to honourable mention with Henry Spelman, Edward Reyner, William Dugdale, and other well-known antiquarians. Works Broughton's chief works are: *''An Apologicall Epistle, serving as preface to a Resolution of ...
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Richard Broughton (MP)
Richard Broughton (1542–1604), of Lower Broughton and Owlbury, Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, was an English politician and judge. He was born in 1542, son of Robert Broughton and his Welsh wife Jane, daughter of Reignold ap Griffith Vycha. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Stafford 1572, and for Lichfield 1586, 1589 and 1593. By profession a lawyer who was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1568, he became active in the affairs of Staffordshire as well as with Shropshire and Wales. He was appointed Steward of the City of Lichfield by 1583; Deputy Justice of Chester by 1588; Recorder of Tamworth by 1584-98; Second Justice of North Wales from 1594 until removed ostensibly on grounds of age and health in 1602; Vice-Justice of Chester 1599-1600; Justice of the Peace (J.P) for counties of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire from 1594 and Shropshire from 1596. He was member of the Council in the Marches of Wales from c.1595 unti ...
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Society For Psychical Research
The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) is a nonprofit organisation in the United Kingdom. Its stated purpose is to understand events and abilities commonly described as psychic or paranormal. It describes itself as the "first society to conduct organised scholarly research into human experiences that challenge contemporary scientific models." It does not, however, since its inception in 1882, hold any corporate opinions: SPR members assert a variety of beliefs with regard to the nature of the phenomena studied. Origins The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) originated from a discussion between journalist Edmund Rogers and the physicist William F. Barrett in autumn 1881. This led to a conference on 5 and 6 January 1882 at the headquarters of the British National Association of Spiritualists, at which the foundation of the Society was proposed. The committee included Barrett, Rogers, Stainton Moses, Charles Massey, Edmund Gurney, Hensleigh Wedgwood and Frederic W. H. Myers. ...
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