Urban H. Broughton
Urban H. Broughton | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Preston | |
| In office 1915–1918 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Aspinall Tobin George Stanley |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Shaw George Stanley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Urban Hanlon Broughton 12 April 1857 Worcester, England |
| Died | 30 January 1929 (aged 71) London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Cara Leland Rogers Duff
(m. 1895) |
| Children | Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton Henry Rogers Broughton |
| Alma mater | Grove Park School University of London |
Urban Hanlon Broughton (12 April 1857 – 30 January 1929) was an English civil engineer who went to work in the United States, married an American heiress, returned to England and was for three-and-a-half years a Conservative Member of Parliament. In 1928, he donated Ashridge House to the Conservative Party and in 1929, he was in line for elevation to the peerage, but he died before the honour was bestowed. His wife, Cara Leland (née Rogers) Broughton, was granted the style of a baron's wife, and their eldest son was created the first Baron Fairhaven.