• DBHB's great x3 grandfather.
• Born 11 March 1796, son of John Broadbent (1758-1837) and Mary Dyson (d.1805).
• Contemporary of Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany (1797-1888) and Mary Shelley (1797-1851).
• Married (on 17 May 1832, in Longwood, Huddersfield), Esther Butterworth (1810-1879).
• Died 1880, aged ~84.

More information is in *Broadbent 1976.

Children

With Esther Butterworth (1810-1879):

1. Sir William Henry Broadbent (1835-1907)
2. Butterworth Broadbent (1837-1873)
3. Mary Jane Broadbent (1839-1864)
4. Sarah Broadbent (1842-1930)
5. Col. John Edward Broadbent (1845-1931)
6. Leila Broadbent (1848-1925)
7. Benjamin Broadbent (1850-1925)
8. Arthur Broadbent (1855-1932)