Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort, was a British landowner and politician.
Background
Bromley was the only son of John Bromley and the grandson of another man of that name who were Knights of the Shire for Cambridgeshire. His mother Mercy died in childbirth having been born the daughter and eventual sole heir of William Bromley (of Holt Castle) (1656–1707), Whig Member of Parliament.
Education
Henry Bromley was educated at Clare College, Cambridge.
Career
In 1727, aged 22, Bromley was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Cambridgeshire, a seat he held until 1741. He was also Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire between 1729 and 1742. In 1741 he was elevated to the peerage as Lord Montfort, Baron of Horseheath, in the County of Cambridge.
Their daughter, the Honourable Frances, married Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan.
Through his mother Montfort inherited the manor of Great Malvern in Malvern, Worcestershire, from his ancestor Sir Thomas Bromley and sold it, in about 1740, to Lord Foley.
Membership
7th Parliament of Great Britain. 8th Parliament of Great Britain.