Broughton baronets

The Broughtons are descended from the ancient Vernon family and in particular from Richard Vernon, fourth son of the 3rd medieval Baron Vernon of Shipbrook, Cheshire. Adam, his son, was of Napton, Warwickshire. Adams's grandson Roger acquired the estate at Broughton, Staffordshire, from which the surname derives, in the 13th century. The first Baronet was the son of Thomas Broughton (died 1648) who was an ardent Royalist and supporter of Charles I and who was obliged to compound at a cost of £3200, for the return of his estates following sequestration by the Parliament at the conclusion of the Civil War. His son was honoured with the baronetcy at the Restoration of Charles II. The baronetcy was dormant between 1993 and 2022. In 2022, Geoffrey Delves Broughton proved his right of succession. He is the great-great-grandson of Reverend Sir Thomas Delves Broughton, second son of the eighth Baronet. The family seat is Doddington Hall, near Nantwich, Cheshire. It remains in the family of Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, 12th Baronet. In the past, the family also owned Broughton Hall, Staffordshire, but this property was sold to John Hall in 1914. ==Broughton baronets, of Broughton (1660)==

• Sir Brian Broughton, 1st Baronet (1618–1708) • Sir Thomas Broughton, 2nd Baronet (died 1710) – 23 July 1813). Broughton was the second son of Sir Brian Broughton-Delves, 4th Baronet, and his wife Mary (née Forrester), and was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1766 he succeeded in the baronetcy on the death of his childless elder brother and the same year he reverted to the surname of Broughton only in lieu of Broughton-Delves, by a private act of Parliament, '''' (7 Geo. 3. c. 16'' ). Broughton was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1772 and Rector of Cheadle, Cheshire, between 1795 and 1807. He married firstly Mary, daughter of John Wicker, in 1766. They had several children, incl Maria who married Thomas Langford Brooke of Mere. After her death in 1785 he married secondly Lady Anne, daughter of Other Lewis Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth, in 1787. There were no children from this marriage. After her death in 1793 he married thirdly Mary, daughter of Michael Keating and widow of Thomas Scott Jackson, in 1794. This marriage was also childless. Broughton died in July 1813, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son from his first marriage, John. Lady Broughton died in November 1813. • Sir John Delves Broughton, 7th Baronet (17 August 1769 – 9 August 1847). High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1859. • Sir Delves Louis Broughton, 10th Baronet (1857–1914) • Sir Henry John Delves Broughton, 11th Baronet (1883–1942) • Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, 12th Baronet (2 October 1915 – 5 January 1993). He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. 2nd Lt, Irish Guards, Major Royal Army Service Corps. having already provided for them. In 1964 his only son, John, died aged two by drowning in an ornamental pool. Following separation from his second wife in 1972, in 1974 he married his third wife, Rona Cramond (née Clifford Johns). As he left no surviving son, his distant cousin Geoffrey Delves Broughton inherited the title after proving his right of succession 29 years later. • Sir David Delves Broughton, 13th Baronet (1942 – 13 May 2021) • Sir Geoffrey Delves Broughton, 14th Baronet (born 7 August 1962) The heir apparent is the present baronet's elder son Peter Thomas Delves Broughton (born 1991). ==See also==