Broughton Baronets - Individual Titleholders

Individual Titleholders

• Sir Brian Broughton, 1st Baronet (1618–1708)
• Sir Thomas Broughton, 2nd Baronet (died 1710)
• Sir Brian Broughton, 3rd Baronet (died 1724). Sir Brian Broughton's grandson, also named Brian, the third Baronet, was a Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme. He married Elizabeth, daughter and sole heiress of Sir Thomas Delves, 4th Baronet, of Doddington (see Delves baronets).
• Sir Brian Broughton-Delves, 4th Baronet (1717–1744). The fourth Baronet, succeeded to the Doddington Park estate in Cheshire through his mother and assumed the additional surname of Delves according to the will of his maternal grandfather. He represented Wenlock in the House of Commons.
• Sir Brian Broughton-Delves, 5th Baronet (1740–1766). The fifth Baronet, died childless at an early age and was succeeded by his younger brother

• Sir Thomas Broughton, 6th Baronet (c. 1749–23 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. Broughton was High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1772 and Rector of Cheadle, Staffordshire, between 1795 and 1807. He married firstly Mary, daughter of John Wicker, in 1766. They had several children. 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). Sir John was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Broughton, 6th Baronet, by his first wife Mary (née Wicker). He served in the British Army and achieved the rank of General in 1830. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Egerton, in 1792. They had no children. Broughton died in August 1847, aged 77, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, Henry. Lady Broughton died in January 1857.

• Sir Henry Delves Broughton, 8th Baronet (10 January 1777–3 November 1851). Sir Henry was a younger son of Sir Thomas Broughton, 6th Baronet, by his first wife Mary (née Wicker), and was educated at Rugby, Eton, Oriel College, Oxford, and Jesus College, Cambridge. From 1807 to 1829 he was Rector of Cheadle, Staffordshire. In 1847, at the age of 70, he succeeded his elder brother in the baronetcy. Sir Henry married Mary, daughter of John Pigott, in 1807. They had nine sons and nine daughters. He died in November 1851, aged 74, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Henry. Lady Delves Broughton died in December 1863.

• Sir Henry Delves Broughton, 9th Baronet (1808–1899). 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). Sir Evelyn was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. 2nd Lt, Irish Guards, Major RASC. He inherited his baronetcy from his father, 'Jock' Delves Broughton, in 1942. In 1947, he married Hon Elizabeth Florence Marion Cholmondeley. In 1955, he married Helen Mary Shore, with whom he had four children, including Isabella Blow, to each of whom he left only £5,000 of his estate, 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 David Delves Broughton was probably heir, but his claim to the title remains so far unproven.

• David Delves Broughton, presumed 13th Baronet (born 1942)

The presumed heir presumptive is Geoffrey Delves Broughton (born 1962).