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Broughton, Baron (UK, 1851 - 1869)

Creation: let.pat. 26 Feb 1851

Extinct: 3 Jun 1869

Family name: Hobhouse

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Arms:

Per pale Azure and Gules three Crescents Argent issuant therefrom as many Estoiles irradiated Or

Crest:

Out of a Ducal Coronet per pale Azure and Gules an Estoile issuant irradiated as in the Arms

Supporters:

On either side a Horse Sable each charged on the shoulder with an Estoile irradiated Or

Motto:

 Spes vitae melioris

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John Cam [Hobhouse], 1st Baron Broughton, GCB PC

1st son and heir of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, 1st Bt., by his first wife Charlotte Cam, dau. and hrss. of Samuel Cam, of Chantry House, Bradford-on-Avon, co. Wiltshire

born

27 Jun 1786

mar.

28 Jul 1828 Lady Julia Thomasina Hay (b. 7 Sep 1797; d. 3 Apr 1835), 6th dau. of George [Hay], 7th Marquess of Tweeddale, by his wife Lady Hannah Charlotte Maitland, 1st dau. of James [Maitland], 7th Earl of Lauderdale

children

1. Julia Hay Hobhouse (dvp. 5 Sep 1849)

2. Hon Charlotte Hobhouse (b. 31 Mar 1831; dsp. 11 Jun 1914), mar. 27 Jul 1854 Dudley Wilmot [Carleton], 4th Baron Dorchester

3. Hon Sophia Hobhouse (b. Jun 1832; dspm. 3 Dec 1916), mar. 31 Jul 1851 John Strange [Jocelyn], 5th Earl of Roden, and had issue

died

3 Jun 1869

created

26 Feb 1851 Baron Broughton, of Broughton-de-Gyfford in the County of Wiltshire

note

a close friend of the poet, Lord Byron, and visited Albania with him in 1809; a partner in the firm of Whitbread & Co, brewers, of London; FRS 1814; imprisoned in Newgate Prison 1819-20 for a breach of parliamentary privilege; Member of Parliament for Westminster 1820-33, for Nottingham 1834-47, and for Harwich 1848-51; suc. his father 14 Aug 1831 as 2nd Baronet, styled "of Broughton-Gifford, Bradford-on-Avon, and of Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire"; Privy Councillor 1832; Secretary of State for War 1832-33; Chief Secretary for Ireland 1833; Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests 1834; President of the Board of Control 1835-41 and 1846-52; GCB 1852

On the death of the 1st Baron Broughton the Barony of Broughton became extinct and the baronetcy passed to his nephew.

 First written 2 Aug 2006

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