Edward Tootal Broadhurst

Sir Edward Tootal Broadhurst, 1st Baronet, DL, JP (19 August 1858 – 2 February 1922) was a director and eventually chairman of Tootal Broadhurst Lee, one of the largest cotton manufacturers in Manchester.

[1] He was also the chairman of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, and a director of the London and North Western Railway and the Atlas Insurance Company.

[2] For the rest of the year he was a dedicated businessman, though he took extended periods of leave because of nervous illness in 1910, 1912 and 1916.

[2] In early 1906, he crossed party lines to support Winston Churchill, the successful Liberal candidate for Manchester North West.

[2] The seat was won by the Conservative candidate William Joynson-Hicks, who described Broadhurst as a "Mugwump Millionaire".

[6] Broadhurst was created a baronet, largely for his local war work, on 4 February 1918.