Urban Hanlon Broughton was an English civil engineer who went to work in the United States, married an American heiress, returned to England and was for three-and-a-half years a Conservative Member of Parliament. In 1928, he donated Ashridge House to the Conservative Party and in 1929, he was in line for elevation to the peerage, but he died before the honour was bestowed. His wife, Cara Leland Broughton, was granted the style of a baron's wife, and their eldest son was created the first Baron Fairhaven.
- Occupation
- engineer, politician
- Position held
- member of the 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
