Henry Broadley (1793–1851) was a British

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politician who sat in the

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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.National Archives – Hull University Brynmor Jones Library – Journal and personal account book of Robert Carlisle Broadley of Hull
/ref> At the 1837 general election, Broadley was elected

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for

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and held it until his death in 1851. 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 William Henry Harrison-Broadley (August 1820 – 1896) was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1885. Harrison-Broadley was the son of William Henry Harrison of Ripon and Sinderly and his wife Mary Broad ...

. When he also died unmarried it passed to his nephew,

Henry Broadley Harrison-Broadley Henry Broadley Harrison-Broadley (12 March 1853 – 29 December 1914) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons from 1906 to 1914. Harrison-Broadley ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Broadley, Henry 1793 births 1851 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 Hull and Selby Railway