Sir Brian Broughton, 3rd Baronet (1677–1724) of

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was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1715 to 1724. Broughton was born at Beaudesert, Staffordshire on 19 September 1677, the eldest surviving son of Sir Thomas Broughton, 2nd Baronet and his wife Rhoda Amcotts, daughter of John Amcotts of Aisthorpe, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Kensington and was admitted at

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on 2 October 1695 and at

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on 30 July 1698. In 1699, he was awarded BA at Cambridge. He married Elizabeth Delves, daughter of Sir Thomas Delves, 4th Baronet, of Doddington, Cheshire on 10 February 1710, and succeeded to the

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on the death of his father also in 1710. Broughton was returned as a Whig

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for

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on 2 June 1715 after a petition, having come third in the poll at the 1715 general election. He was returned unopposed for Newcastle-under-Lyme at the 1722 general election. Broughton died on 12 September 1724, leaving two sons and two daughters. His eldest son

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succeeded him in the baronetcy and also succeeded to the Doddington Park through his mother.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Broughton, Sir Brian, 3rd Baronet 1667 births 1724 deaths British MPs 1715–1722 British MPs 1722–1727 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Newcastle-under-Lyme Baronets in the Baronetage of England