Edward Broughton (Royalist)
Sir Edward Broughton (died 1665) was a Welsh landowner and soldier with a long service in Royalist armies during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Imprisoned in the Gatehouse Prison in Westminster in 1659 following a Royalist rebellion, he later married the prison keeper's widow and took on the lease of the prison himself.
Sir Edward Broughton | |
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Church of SS Marcella and Deiniol, Marchwiel; the parish church of the Broughton family | |
| Born | c.1620 Marchwiel, Denbighshire, Wales |
| Died | 20 June 1665 |
| Buried | Westminster Abbey |
| Allegiance | Royalists |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Years of service | 1641–1665 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-colonel |
| Battles/wars | Irish Confederate Wars First English Civil War Newark; Rowton Heath Third English Civil War Battle of Worcester Booth's Uprising Battle of Winnington Bridge Second Anglo-Dutch War Battle of Lowestoft † |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Honeywood (d. bef. 1659); Mary Wyke |
| Children | Edward (1661–1718) |
Broughton was fatally wounded in the Battle of Lowestoft during the Second Anglo-Dutch War and was buried in Westminster Abbey. He was created a baronet the same year, although it is unclear if the legal process was complete at the time of his death.
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