51-577: Broadley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916), British historian, author, and barrister Denise Broadley (1913–2007), British artist Donald George Broadley (1932–2016), British herpetologist living in Zimbabwe Eric Broadley (1928–2017), British entrepreneur, engineer, founder and former chief designer of Lola Cars Henry Broadley (1793–1851), British Conservative politician who sat in
102-540: A candidate for Dumbartonshire in the Liberal interest, but retired from his candidature before the general election: he then published his work on Irish Land Tenure, and was made a Doctor of Civil Law of the University of Oxford . From 1871 to 1874 George Campbell was Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal . His appointment was, as he has himself recorded, a surprise. He was on furlough and, "failing anything that he cared for," on
153-536: A former Afghan soldier who had been convicted for murdering a relative. Sandwiched between these two events, a punitive expedition was mounted to rescue British subjects captured by members of the Mizo people - called Lushais - and to convince the hill tribes of the region that they had nothing to gain and everything to lose by placing themselves in a hostile position towards the British Government. During his tenure
204-605: A further £80,000 acting as Hooley's promoter, accusations Broadley denied. With Broadley again the subject of publicity, in the House of Commons the Home Secretary was asked by a parliamentarian whether Broadley was the same person against whom there was an outstanding warrant for a criminal offence in India, did such warrants apply in England, and if so, why had it not been actioned. The reply
255-623: A history The Royal Miracle , an interest sparked by the play The Royal Oak. Never married, Broadley died, in the middle of the First World War , on 16 April 1916 in Gerrards Cross , Buckinghamshire. By the time of his death, Broadley's crimes had been largely forgotten, and his obituary in The Times and those elsewhere made no mention of them. This prompted novelist and U.S. newspaper columnist Marguerite Cunliffe-Owen to restate them with
306-450: A magnificent collection of sculptures from the region, going on to establish a museum for the collection. The colonial administrator and explorer Sir Harry H. Johnston noted that Broadley was "very orthodox on account of his father" and "was led into rude interruptions of any speech which traversed the belief that the Earth was only six or seven thousand years old". In 1871 Broadley delivered
357-735: A number of major works in the post-India period of his life, as well as contributions in the Quarterly Ethnological Journal and the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . Campbell married, in 1853, Laetitia Maria Vibart, daughter of John Gowan Vibart, of the Bengal civil service, and left several children. Lady Campbell died in London 21 October 1901, aged 68. Their eldest son, Major George Campbell (ca. 1861–1902), died while serving with
408-527: A public lecture English Legislation for India . He also put forward the view that imprisonment for civil debts should be abolished. In 1872 he spoke at a large meeting on education in Bengal, where he condemned the educational policy of the Indian Government. He was not punished, but later that year he spoke at a public meeting of the Dacca People's Association. His remarks on educational policy and on
459-541: A revolution of root-and-branch administration; but at the same time, left Bengal with very little goodwill, because of the uncompromising nature of his temper, his contentious tone, his tendency to disputation, and an unwillingness to compromise. Whilst he stood foremost amongst the Bengal Lieutenant-Governors, he was the least popular. George Campbell was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcaldy Burghs from 1875 to his death in 1892. Campbell's biographers in
510-495: A sort of social broker 'for bringing together people who would not otherwise meet' ". According to one report "he had the faculty of attaching himself to and 'running' whomsoever was the most amusing and useful person of the hour". They included the 'nitrate king' John Thomas North and would-be national leader General Georges Boulanger . It was at Broadley's Regents Park home, Cairo Cottage at 2 Beta Place, that Boulanger made his London debut. Broadley also became connected with
561-527: A toast in 1888 to Edmund Yates and Arthur Sullivan survives. George Campbell (1824%E2%80%9392) Sir George Campbell , KCSI , DCL (1824 – 18 February 1892) was a Scottish member of the Indian Civil Service, holding a variety of administrative positions, acting as a judge of the High Court, Calcutta, and rising at the end of his career to the position of Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. He
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#1732855021443612-418: A very stern and unbending mood." Said one newspaper report: "Everybody knows it was H.R.H. caused Broadley Pasha's extinction." Le Figaro later alleged that Broadley had taken Boulanger and his propagandist Henri Rochefort to the brothel; the allegation was dismissed by Boulanger's right-hand man Count Dillon . On the witness stand the rentboy John Saul stated that he had briefly secured employment in
663-468: A work on the boyhood of his nemesis Edward VII titled The Boyhood of a Great King . It drew at least one scathing review under the headline 'Scissors and Snobbery' which stated: "this stitching together of stale tattle from the Royal nursery may be 'good business': it is not an undertaking which enlists our sympathy. Mr Broadley's record as an ex-Indian Civilian, ex-barrister, ex-journalist, and ex-company promoter
714-399: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alexander Meyrick Broadley Alexander Meyrick Broadley (19 July 1847 – 16 April 1916), also known as Broadley Pasha , was a British barrister, author, company promoter and social figure. He is best known for being the defence lawyer for Ahmed 'Urabi after the failure of the 'Urabi Revolt . Broadley was the son of
765-442: Is likely to have aided his social rise. In 1882 he published The last Punic war. Tunis, past and present , which drew admiring reviews, Vanity Fair writing: "If Mr. Broadley's book on Tunis were only read by all citizens who influence the policy of Ministers, I question very much whether anything like our Egyptian crime could be repeated. The dullest would see how far we have been led". Given Broadley's knowledge of Muslim law, and
816-630: Is now divided into two contending camps. One section insists that Mr Broadley is the Mr Broadley, and therefore impossible and insufferable. The other protests that their Mr Broadley, who it appears enjoys the friendship and esteem of the King of the Belgians , is fitted to grace any society in which he may find himself." It was subsequently reported that to confirm his identity, the English Club of Brussels went to
867-504: Is well known. This volume does not alter our estimate of the writer or the man." Broadley also became a great supporter of the Bath Historical Pageant, including appearing one year as Beau Nash , when he was recorded as holding 'kingly sway' and was "pre-eminently the great success of the ball". In 1911 Broadley made a pilgrimage with friends over the route followed by Charles II during his wanderings in late 1651, and wrote
918-623: The Indian Rebellion of 1857 and was present at several engagements; was Personal Assistant to Lord Canning , 1857-8: and judicial and financial Commissioner of Oudh , 1858. It was unusual promotion that brought him from Oudh to be a Judge of the High Court, Calcutta, 1863-66. He was President of the Orissa Famine Commission, 1866-67, and Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces , 1867-8. While on furlough in 1868-70 he became
969-497: The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography assert that "his failure as a politician was complete": The retired proconsul's discordant tones and self-importance—the subject of covert mockery in official Bengal—incurred open derision at Westminster, where he spoke, or tried to speak, far too often. He was 'positively and literally hooted as I have never heard a man hooted in the House of Commons', wrote H. W. Lucy . He published
1020-598: The Pabna Disturbances occurred. With his proclamation on 4 July 1873 during the Pabna Peasant Uprisings , guaranteeing government support of peasants against excessive zamindar demands he ensured that the protest remained peaceful, at the same time antagonising the landlords and his namesake George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll at that time Secretary of State for India. A contemporary assessment of Campbell and his time leading Bengal notes that he represented
1071-413: The surname Broadley . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Broadley&oldid=1037324518 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
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#17328550214431122-573: The 1889 production The Royal Oak at Drury Lane , which was during Broadley's time there. Broadley moved to Paris and then Brussels, where he edited the English language newspaper The Belgian News. In August 1890 it was reported of Broadley that "he has been guilty here of all the practices charged to him and others in Cleveland Street. His last line of operations was to invite young boys and scholars attending school to his rooms to supper." One of
1173-584: The Criminal Procedure Code, which were reported in newspapers and created angry discussions, were objected to by the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, Sir George Campbell and officially denied. Broadley applied for leave, which Campbell rejected, demanding an explanation. In May 1872 it was reported that charges of a serious nature had been brought against Broadley: he was suspended and sent to Patna pending an investigation. The following month he
1224-762: The Haymarket (1911), and the Royal Society, which owns a multivolume copy of Charles Richard Weld's History of the Royal Society . The contents of Broadley's museum in Bihár have been relocated to the collections of the Indian Museum in Kolkata . His country seat in Bradpole has been subdivided: The Knapp is now St James' Nursing Home, and its former gatehouse is a separate residence. A phonograph recording of Broadley delivering
1275-737: The House of Commons from 1837 to 1851 Henry Harrison-Broadley (1853–1914), British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1914 Ian Rank-Broadley (born 1952), British sculptor and coin designer Pascal Broadley (born 1972), English cricketer William Harrison-Broadley (1820–1896), British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1885 See also [ edit ] Broadley's dwarf gecko Broadley's flat lizard Broadley's ridged frog Broadley railway station , which served Broadley in Rochdale, England, from 1870 until 1947 [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
1326-574: The Raj. On 20 September 1871, John Paxton Norman, acting chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court was assassinated, stabbed to death by an Indian Wahabi , Mohammad Abdullah , in what appears to have been a political act. On 8 February 1872, the Governor-General of India , Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo , was assassinated, again by stabbing, by an apparently disgruntled convict, Sher Ali Afridi ,
1377-587: The Rev. Alexander Broadley, vicar of Bradpole , in Dorset , England , and Frances Jane, daughter of Thomas Meyrick of Pembroke. He entered Lincoln's Inn as a law student in 1866 and after taking the examination to enter the Indian Civil Service, went in 1869 to India, where he became Assistant Magistrate and Collector of Patna , Bengal. In 1872 he conducted a survey of the ruins of the Nálanda monasteries at Burgàon, and formed
1428-448: The application of laws as found desirable from time to time. Campbell was responsible for provincial finance reform, devolving responsibility for the control of expenditure to local government, where previously it had been under the control of central government. He introduced The Bengal Road Cess Act of 1871, which imposed a property-based tax, the revenues of which were dedicated to the improvement of, primarily, road infrastructure, and
1479-602: The boys informed his mother of the lavishness of these meals provided by a "benevolent old gentleman", which included "stupefying cordials". Broadley was placed under police surveillance. In 1891 he was reported to be 'loafing' in Tunis with fellow Cleveland Street exile Lord Arthur Somerset . Broadley's ability to reinvent himself provoked a mockingly Wildean paragraph in a British syndicated newspaper column in 1892, which stated that in Brussels he had "renewed his youth" and was: ...in
1530-475: The budgets for which were under local control. Other transport innovation of his time included the establishment of Port Trust Commissioners for the port of Kolkata , who effected considerable improvements to port infrastructure, efficiency and revenues raised; and the letting of a contract for the manufacture of the first Howrah Bridge , a pontoon structure, linking Howrah and Kolkata . The early period of his office saw three events speaking to opposition to
1581-558: The eve of retirement. Late in the autumn of 1870, he received the offer from the Secretary of State for India , the Duke of Argyll , between whom and the Governor-General of India , Lord Mayo , the selection was arranged. An early issue for the new Lieutenant-Governor was unrest amongst the Santal people , who had grievances about land tenure and the imposition of rack-rents , arising inter alia from
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1632-418: The extension of Government of India Acts to Santal villages. Campbell negotiated powers to appoint officers to make a settlement of land rights issues, to restore dispossessed tenants, to settle rents and to record the customs and usages of the people. Regulations were made to introduce a usury law limiting the accumulation of interest on debts, and to provide some discretion of Government to introduce or withdraw
1683-470: The fact he was "abnormally clever", that same year Wilfrid Blunt engaged him as counsel for Ahmed ʻUrabi , otherwise known as Aribi Pasha, an Egyptian nationalist who was put on trial in Cairo for insurrection. Broadley forced the compromise which enabled Pasha and his companions to be sent as pensioners to Colombo . Broadley was paid 10,000 guineas, and was henceforth nicknamed 'Broadley Pasha' by his friends,
1734-438: The heart of it, but also a large collection of works on criminal jurisprudence. He made significant acquisitions of manuscript material, accumulating original letters and documents, as his book Chats on Autographs related. His library included 135 works he had " grangerized " by adding additional illustrations, amounting to about 600 volumes. He also became a prolific author of books on historical topics. In 1906 he even penned
1785-594: The magazine's owner Edmund Yates dismissed Broadley, and published an apology. Broadley was told to leave the country within 12 hours. The reason was not just the earlier scandal in India: Broadley was implicated as a client of the male brothel at the centre of the Cleveland Street Scandal . With the Prince of Wales' equerry involved, and rumours also connecting his eldest son, the Prince was reported to be "in
1836-518: The management of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane , acting as a financial and business adviser to Augustus Harris . Broadley's social ascendency continued until 1889 when his portrait by Spy appeared in the magazine Vanity Fair . Edward VII , then Prince of Wales, whose sons' portraits had also appeared in the magazine, and who had knowledge of Broadley's reputation in India, took offence at his inclusion. After making enquiries at Scotland Yard ,
1887-414: The observation: "Of course all this is old and forgotten, and if I recall it, it is merely in order to show how very unreliable obituaries are apt to be, and the facility with which even such men as Broadley, if possessed of sufficient cleverness, and of impudence, are able to blind their citizens to their past infamies and to die in the odor of respectability, if not of sanctity" In his will, Broadley left
1938-471: The opportunity of offering birthday congratulations". An Indian official suggested that Broadley had not been compelled to return to India to answer the charges against him, as such a threat hanging over the head of the editor of an important society newspaper guaranteed that he would not publish anything of embarrassment to those in high places. Of "Falstaffian proportions", Broadley was described as "that strange being…who, amongst other avocations, acts as
1989-719: The press, and English Society. Following the trial Broadley returned to England as the agent and legal adviser of the ex- Khedive Ismail . His social skills also saw him appointed de facto editor of Edmund Yates ' periodical World , and despite his previous disgrace, for a few years he achieved an exceptionally high profile in London Society. "He knew everyone in London and all paid court to him." Of his 40th birthday party in 1887 one newspaper recorded: "Princes and princesses, peers and peeresses, bishops and baronets, diplomatists and doctors, members of Parliament and musicians, authors and artists, actors and actresses availed themselves of
2040-506: The real reason for the Prince's action was to avoid the possibility of Broadley becoming a constant visitor to the estate, and hence near-neighbour. In 1898, Hooley was made bankrupt. In the Bankruptcy Court, Broadley appeared with Earl de la Warr and two other gentlemen. They were charged with contempt of court in attempting to bribe Hooley to alter his testimony to protect the Earl. Broadley
2091-599: The sum of £8,506, the majority bequeathed to his nephew Lieutenant R.A.L. Broadley, who put his collection up for sale; the Napoleana was purchased en bloc by Lord Curzon , who bequeathed it to Oxford University . It now resides in the Bodleian with 332 of his grangerized books. Other repositories of his grangerized volumes include the Theatre Collection at Westminster City Archives, which holds four scrapbooks Annals of
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2142-439: The trouble of procuring the back number of Vanity Fair which had featured the infamous portrait. In 1894, Broadley quietly returned to England to manage the estates and general affairs of Viscount Cantelupe, who succeeded in 1896 as 8th Earl de la Warr . In April 1896 Broadley met the serial financial fraudster Ernest Terah Hooley , and subsequently worked to promote his investment schemes. Newspaper reports alleged Broadley
2193-558: The widest sense "a new man". He in fact insists that he is a disconnected and different Mr Broadley altogether from the gentleman whose adventures while in the service of the Indian Prison department finally excited so much curiosity in London; denies that there was ever such a person as himself, that his portrait ever appeared in Vanity Fair , or that an exalted personage ever intervened fiercely in his affairs. The English colony in Brussels
2244-614: Was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1854, and became an Associate of the Court of Queen's Bench, and published Modern India (dedicated to his uncle, then Lord Chief Justice of England) and India as it may be . He married in 1854 while at home. He was Magistrate-Collector of Azimghur, 1854; Commissioner of Customs, North-Western Provinces , 1855; Commissioner of the Cis-Sutlej states, 1855-7: took an active part as Civil Commissioner in some events of
2295-436: Was "a brilliant financier" and Hooley was merely his ventriloquist's dummy. Later in court Broadley freely admitted that he advised Hooley on nearly all his projects. Hooley purchased Anmer Hall estate, adjoining Sandringham in 1896. Through an intermediary the Prince of Wales requested that he be allowed to purchase the estate from Hooley, ostensibly for his daughter Maud , to which Hooley agreed. It has been alleged that
2346-428: Was a barrister, and author on Irish and Indian land tenure, and on the government of India. He was a Liberal Party politician and, post-India, for seventeen years member of parliament for Kirkcaldy Burghs . George Campbell was born in 1824, the eldest son of Sir George Campbell, of Edenwood, whose brother became the 1st Baron Campbell . He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and the University of St Andrews . He
2397-685: Was appointed to the Bengal Civil Service from Haileybury in 1842, and, making the voyage round the Cape in a P. and O. Steamer, arrived in India on the 25th December 1842. He served in Rohilkhand in subordinate revenue and judicial appointments from 1843 to 1846; was in charge of several districts and political Divisions of the Cis-Sutlej states from 1846 to 1851, and was mentioned with special praise by Lord Dalhousie . While on furlough from 1851 to 1854 he
2448-490: Was found guilty of insubordination and perjury and ordered to pay costs. Public opinion considered the treatment of Broadley by the judge very lenient. "Broadley made a beautiful witness", one report suggested, "brimming over with benevolence and pathos. He threatened to commit suicide, too, unless Hooley did something or other, and Hooley seems to have believed him..." Hooley stated on the witness stand that Broadley had intercepted money intended for others, and that he had made
2499-567: Was known to every Englishman who ever lived in India", and his presence was taboo in European clubs in Malta and Egypt. Due to the scandal he was unable to return immediately to England. He moved to Tunis, where he worked as a lawyer and as a correspondent for The Times . One of his clients was the Bey of Tunis . He also became influential in freemasonry, founding the prestigious Drury Lane Masonic Lodge, which
2550-544: Was reported to have been posted to Noynabad, and ordered to remain there, having been invested with the power to try cases arising from riots of the Muslim Ferazi sect. In November the Calcutta Gazette reported him as being officially on leave and transferred to Chittagong by Campbell's order. When a warrant for his arrest for homosexual offences was issued, Broadley absconded. One report stated that "his reputation
2601-576: Was that they did apply, but that he had no other information on the matter. Broadley was denounced by Robert Wright , Justice of the Court of the Queen's Bench, as the real author and organiser of Hooley's deceitful schemes, but escaped bankruptcy and fashioned himself as a country gentleman. He retreated to his home village of Bradpole, Dorset, building a picturesque towered mansion, The Knapp . The last fifteen years of Broadley's life were devoted to writing and book collecting, Napoleon and his age being at
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