[4] After unsuccessfully contesting the 1835 general election for Bridgwater, Broadwood became Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the same seat at a by-election in 1837—caused by the resignation of John Temple Leader.
[3][5] On 19 May 1840 he married Fanny Lowther (1818–1890) at Saint Martin in the Fields, a few hundred yards from the homes of both.
She was living with her father at 15 Carlton House Terrace at her marriage, and received a dowry of £10,000.
The elder son was Arthur Broadwood (1849–1927), who retired from the army as a colonel in 1906 and who had five children.
But the business, perhaps neglected by Broadwood, was not a success,[4] and in 1848 his "fortune collapsed", and for the rest of his life he lived in Tunbridge Wells, though remaining an MP until 1852.