UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 27 June 1786, Redland, Gloucestershire

Died: 3 June 1869

1st Baron Broughton - 26 February 1851

2nd Baronet - 2 August 1831

Member of Privy Council - 6 February 1832

son of Charlotte Cam

husband of Lady Julia Hay

son-in-law of George Hay

Uniterian Grammar School, Bristol

Westminster School

Trinity College, Cambridge (- 1808)

Secretary of State for War	1832	1833
Chief Secretary for Ireland	29 March 1833	May 1833
Chief Commissioner for Woods and Forests	1834	1834
President of the Board of Control	23 April 1835	30 August 1841
President of the Board of Control	8 July 1846	5 February 1852

25 March 1820	Westminster
9 June 1826	Westminster
31 July 1830	Westminster	Radical	Unopposed
2 May 1831	Westminster	Radical	Unopposed
12 December 1832	Westminster	Radical	3,214	72.18
29 March 1833 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Hobhouse, bt on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
4 April 1833	Westminster	Radical	Unopposed
May 1833 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Hobhouse, bt after he abstained on a vote regarding the repeal of the House and Window taxes.
11 May 1833	Westminster	Radical	1,835	39.89
23 July 1834	Nottingham	Radical	1,591	73.76
5 January 1835	Nottingham	Radical	Unopposed
23 April 1835 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Cam Hobhouse, bt on appointment as President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India.
9 January 1835	Bristol	Radical	1,808	30.75
24 April 1835	Nottingham	Radical	Unopposed
24 July 1837	Nottingham	Radical	2,052	55.04
28 June 1841	Nottingham	Radical	527	78.54
July 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Hobhouse, bt on appointment as President of the Board of Control.
8 July 1846	Nottingham	Radical	Unopposed
28 July 1847	Nottingham	Radical	893	36.96
1 April 1848	Harwich	Radical	131	50.78
3 February 1851 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Hobhouse, Bt.