Theodore Henry Broadhead (3 December 1767 – 12 December 1820) was an English army officer and politician.

Life

The son of Theodore Henry Broadhead the elder, whose original surname was Brinckman, and his wife Mary Bingley, he was educated at

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, and matriculated at

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in 1784, graduating in B.A. 1788, and M.A.in 1791. He became a cornet in the

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in 1790, and continued in a number of militia posts. From 1807 he lived in

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. His residence, "Holly Grove", had been designed by

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. It was later known as "Forest Lodge", and was absorbed into

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. Broadhead entered politics as Member of Parliament for in 1812, holding the seat until 1818. He is not known to have contributed to debates. He returned as M.P. for in 1820, the year of his death.

Family

The Brinckmans were from

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, and Theodore Brinckman who moved to Great Britain in the time of George I was grandfather to Theodore Henry Broadhead the elder (1714–1810). The family became landowners in Yorkshire when John Richard Brinckman, father of Theodore Henry the elder, married Anne Bingley, heiress to the Broadhead and Bingley estates. Elizabeth Brinckman Massot

Broadhead married in 1797 Elizabeth Macdougall, daughter of William Gordon Macdougall of St. George's Hanover Square; they had eight sons and four daughters. Macdougall is also given as from

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. The witnesses were W. P. Georges, Junior, i.e. William Payne Georges II, Frances Lavington, i.e. the wife of

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, and John Dashwood King, i.e.

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. The eight sons were: * Theodore Henry Lavington *John Richard (born 1798), of the

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*Brinckman (born 1800), of the

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*William Augustus (born 1802), of the 7th Hussars, married in 1828 Louisa Augusta Paget, daughter of Sir Charles Paget *Bingley (1803–1851), of the

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*Henry R.N. (born 1806), commanded HMS Lynx (1833) active against the African slave trade. *George, cleric (1807–1870), rector of

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from 1845 *Alfred (1808–1857), entered

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in 1831 In 1842 the first three brothers were able to change surname to Brinckman, by royal license. The four daughters were: *Elizabeth, married in 1823 George Henry Dashwood, a first cousin marriage *Mary *Fanny *Charlotte (died 1855), married in 1845 as his third wife

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Broadhead, Theodore Henry 1767 births 1820 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies People educated at Eton College Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1820–1826