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Sir Edward Tootal Broadhurst, 1st Baronet DL, JP (19 August 1858 – 2 February 1922) was a cotton manufacturer in Manchester. He was also Chairman of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Director of the London and North Western Railway, and High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1906–7. Broadhurst was born in Broughton, near Manchester. He was the second son of Henry Tootal Broadhurst. Some relations, such as Charles Edward Broadhurst, emigrated to Australia. He was educated at Eagle House School in Wimbledon, and then at Winchester College. He started to work at the family cotton business in 1876. He married Charlotte Jane Ashton in 1887; her father was also a cotton manufacturer, Thomas Ashton; her brother was Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde. Broadhurst's father and grandfather were both cotton manufacturers. His father joined forces with Henry Lee and Joseph Lee and Robert Scott to form a partnership that became Tootal, Broadhurst Lee Limited, which integrated cotton spinning and power loom weaving. It was the third largest vertically integrated cotton business in Lancashire, with around 5,000 employees in 1887. Its mills included Sunnyside Mill in Bolton, and Ten Acres Mill and Hemming Works near Manchester. Broadhurst took charge of the financial side of the business, leaving operational matters to the other directors. He became the company's chairman in 1907. He was president of the Prestwich Conservative Association, but unlike many other Conservatives, who favoured tariffs to protect the domestic markets of British businesses, he was in favour of free trade. In early 1906, he supported the successful Liberal candidate in Manchester North West, Winston Churchill. In March 1906, Broadhurst was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Lancashire. Broadhurst also supported Churchill at a by-election in 1908, required after Churchill was appointed as President of the Board of Trade. The seat was won by the Conservative candidate William Joynson-Hicks, who described Broadhurst as a "Mugwump Millionaire". He joined the committee that organised the recruitment of the Manchester Pals battalions in the First World War, contributing towards the cost of uniforms and equipment, and joined the Cotton Control Board in 1917. He was also involved in good works, as a governor of the Whitworth Institute, chairman of the Manchester and Salford Lifeboat Fund, and a member of the council of Manchester University. He donated land in Moston to Manchester Corporation in 1920, as a thank offering to the men and women of Manchester for the work they had done in the First World War, the location becoming known as Broadhurst Park.〔(Friends of Broadhurst - history ) 2〕〔(Broadhurst Clough - The Journey so Far ), Manchester City Council〕 see also Wikipedia entry Broadhurst Park Broadhurst was created a baronet on 4 February 1918; the baronetcy became extinct upon his death as he and his wife had no children. The couple were committed Unitarians. ==See also== * Warehouse and offices at the Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Building, Manchester 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Tootal Broadhurst」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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