Urban H. Broughton
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Urban Hanlon Broughton was an English
civil engineer
, railroad and mining executive, and Conservative Party
Member of Parliament
. In 1929, he was in line for elevation to the peerage
, but he died in January before the process was finalized. However, his wife, Cara Leland (née Rogers) Broughton
became the first Lady Fairhaven, and their eldest son, the first Baron Fairhaven
.
ing at the University of London
. Upon graduation, he worked on a variety of projects including railways, drainage systems, and dock works. He became involved with the Shone sewer system, a pneumatic-pump-based system invented by Sir Isaac Shone and first installed in the British Houses of Parliament. This work led him to the United States
around 1887.
industrialist Henry Huttleston Rogers, who had become a principal in the Standard Oil
empire, began to consider providing a sewer and water project for his hometown of Fairhaven, Massachusetts
, where his family maintained a summer house. After much consultation with experts, he had chosen to adopt the Shone sewer system that had been developed in England. To manage the project, young Urban Broughton was assigned to explain procedures and direct the actual work.
at 2026 East Fifty-Seventh Street in New York City
. On Christmas Day, they sailed aboard an ocean liner on a honeymoon trip to Europe. Cara and Urban had two sons, Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, also known as Huttleston Broughton, born in August 1896 at Fairhaven, and Henry Rogers Broughton, born in January 1900.
After the sudden death of his father-in-law, Henry H. Rogers Sr., in 1909, Urban Broughton became president of The Virginian Railway Company
.
, London
. In 1915 Urban became a Member of Parliament
for Preston
, a seat he held until 1918. He found pleasure in this new career, becoming a close personal friend of Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law. Cara devoted herself to family matters and other domestic duties. Their sons became thoroughly oriented British subjects.
During World War I
, both Urban and Cara were very active in the war effort. Urban was used by the English government in many ways. He published a strong brochure designed to appeal to the good will of America. It was entitled The British Empire At War.
Cara she offered all her efforts to the good of her adopted country as well, sponsoring many types of war work. She was deeply interested in the well being of Bethnal Green
Military Hospital
. She gave hospitable parties for wounded soldiers at the family home in Broadoaks, Byfleet
.
by King George V
. On May 2, 1929, the king proclaimed that "Cara Leland Broughton, widow of Urban Hanlon Broughton, may henceforth enjoy the same style and title as if her husband...had survived and received the title and dignity of Baron Fairhaven". The eldest son, Huttleston, was elevated to his father's barony, and became the first Baron Fairhaven, and Cara, the first Lady Fairhaven.
In December 1929, the historic Runnymede Meadow, with adjoining lands totaling 182 acre (0.73652852 km²) twenty miles (32 km) southwest of London, where the civil freedoms of Magna Charta were agreed to in 1215, was presented to the National Trust by Lady Fairhaven and her two sons in memory of Urban Hanlon Broughton.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
civil engineer
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
, railroad and mining executive, and Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
. In 1929, he was in line for elevation to the peerage
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
, but he died in January before the process was finalized. However, his wife, Cara Leland (née Rogers) Broughton
Abbie G. Rogers
Abbie Gifford Rogers , was the first wife of Henry Huttleston Rogers, , a United States capitalist, businesswoman, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist....
became the first Lady Fairhaven, and their eldest son, the first Baron Fairhaven
Baron Fairhaven
Baron Fairhaven, of Anglesey Abbey in the County of Cambridge, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1961 for Urban Huttleston Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven, with remainder to his younger brother Henry Broughton. He had already been created Baron Fairhaven, of Lode in...
.
Youth, education, early career
Born in England, Urban Broughton studied civil engineerCivil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
ing at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
. Upon graduation, he worked on a variety of projects including railways, drainage systems, and dock works. He became involved with the Shone sewer system, a pneumatic-pump-based system invented by Sir Isaac Shone and first installed in the British Houses of Parliament. This work led him to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
around 1887.
Coming to America
Around the same time, self-made millionaireMillionaire
A millionaire is an individual whose net worth or wealth is equal to or exceeds one million units of currency. It can also be a person who owns one million units of currency in a bank account or savings account...
industrialist Henry Huttleston Rogers, who had become a principal in the Standard Oil
Standard Oil
Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world and operated as a major company trust and was one of the world's first and largest multinational...
empire, began to consider providing a sewer and water project for his hometown of Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Fairhaven is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located on the south coast of Massachusetts where the Acushnet River flows into Buzzards Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean...
, where his family maintained a summer house. After much consultation with experts, he had chosen to adopt the Shone sewer system that had been developed in England. To manage the project, young Urban Broughton was assigned to explain procedures and direct the actual work.
Marriage, children
During his stay at Fairhaven, Broughton became acquainted with one of Rogers' daughters, Cara Leland Duff (née Rogers), a young widow. By 1895, the sewer work was well on its way to completion, and Cara Rogers Duff and Urban Broughton had decided to be married. A quiet wedding was held at the residence of Henry H. Rogers and his wife, Abbie Gifford RogersAbbie G. Rogers
Abbie Gifford Rogers , was the first wife of Henry Huttleston Rogers, , a United States capitalist, businesswoman, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist....
at 2026 East Fifty-Seventh Street in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. On Christmas Day, they sailed aboard an ocean liner on a honeymoon trip to Europe. Cara and Urban had two sons, Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, also known as Huttleston Broughton, born in August 1896 at Fairhaven, and Henry Rogers Broughton, born in January 1900.
Career in the United States
Although Urban Broughton was by birth an English subject, he spent more than twenty-five years in America, many of them in Chicago, Illinois. Urban Broughton became president of Utah Consolidated Mining Co. in 1901, and was chosen a director and a manager of the United Metals Selling Co., the selling agency for Amalgamated Copper Co.. He was also a director of the Atlas Tack Co. in Fairhaven, the Santa Rica Mining Co., and the Butte Coalition Mining Co. in Montana.After the sudden death of his father-in-law, Henry H. Rogers Sr., in 1909, Urban Broughton became president of The Virginian Railway Company
Virginian Railway
The Virginian Railway was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The VGN was created to transport high quality "smokeless" bituminous coal from southern West Virginia to port at Hampton Roads....
.
Returning to England
In 1912, Urban, Cara, and their two sons, Huttleston Broughton, and Henry Broughton, moved to England. They took up residence in wealthy MayfairMayfair
Mayfair is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster.-History:Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took place on the site that is Shepherd Market today...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. In 1915 Urban became a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Preston
Preston (UK Parliament constituency)
Preston is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
, a seat he held until 1918. He found pleasure in this new career, becoming a close personal friend of Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law. Cara devoted herself to family matters and other domestic duties. Their sons became thoroughly oriented British subjects.
During World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, both Urban and Cara were very active in the war effort. Urban was used by the English government in many ways. He published a strong brochure designed to appeal to the good will of America. It was entitled The British Empire At War.
Cara she offered all her efforts to the good of her adopted country as well, sponsoring many types of war work. She was deeply interested in the well being of Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green is a district of the East End of London, England and part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, with the far northern parts falling within the London Borough of Hackney. Located northeast of Charing Cross, it was historically an agrarian hamlet in the ancient parish of Stepney,...
Military Hospital
Military hospital
Military hospital is a hospital, which is generally located on a military base and is reserved for the use of military personnel, their dependents or other authorized users....
. She gave hospitable parties for wounded soldiers at the family home in Broadoaks, Byfleet
Byfleet
Byfleet is an inland island village forming a suburb of Woking in Surrey, England. It is in the east of the borough between the River Wey and the River Mole, and is within the M25 motorway....
.
Death, peerage, memorial
Urban Broughton died in January 1929, at the age of 71. Just a few weeks earlier, his name had been pending for elevation to the peeragePeerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
by King George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
. On May 2, 1929, the king proclaimed that "Cara Leland Broughton, widow of Urban Hanlon Broughton, may henceforth enjoy the same style and title as if her husband...had survived and received the title and dignity of Baron Fairhaven". The eldest son, Huttleston, was elevated to his father's barony, and became the first Baron Fairhaven, and Cara, the first Lady Fairhaven.
In December 1929, the historic Runnymede Meadow, with adjoining lands totaling 182 acre (0.73652852 km²) twenty miles (32 km) southwest of London, where the civil freedoms of Magna Charta were agreed to in 1215, was presented to the National Trust by Lady Fairhaven and her two sons in memory of Urban Hanlon Broughton.
Sources
- http://www.millicentlibrary.org/cara.htmMillicent LibraryMillicent LibraryMillicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts was donated to the town by the family of Millicent Gifford Rogers, the youngest daughter of Abbie Gifford and wealthy industrialist Henry Huttleston Rogers. Young MIllicent had died of heart failure in 1890 when she was barely seventeen years old...
, Fairhaven, Massachusetts] - Anglesey Abbey Gardens & Lode Mill website
- Broughton Memorial at Runnymede by Edwin LutyensEdwin LutyensSir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, OM, KCIE, PRA, FRIBA was a British architect who is known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era...