Henry Broadley

Henry Broadley (1793–1851) was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1837 to 1851. He was educated at Sedbergh School.

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.^[1]

At the 1837 general election, Broadley was elected Member of Parliament for East Riding of Yorkshire and held it until his death in 1851.^[2]

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. When he also died unmarried it passed to his nephew, Henry Broadley Harrison-Broadley.^[1]

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Broadley