Monument

U. H. Broughton pier - south

Erection date: 1932

Inscription

In perpetual memory of Urban Hanlon Broughton, 1857 – 1929, of Park Close, Englefield Green in the County of Surrey, sometime Member of Parliament, these meadows of historic interest on 18th December 1929 were gladly offered to the nation by his widow Cara Lady Fairhaven and his sons Huttleston Lord Fairhaven and Henry Broughton.

Site: Magna Carta & U. H. Broughton - south (2 memorials)

TW20, Windsor Road, Fairhaven Memorial Kiosks

This is a multi-part monument across two sites.   The elements at this site (kiosks and piers) used to be further to the east, possibly where the roundabout now is.  Each pier carries the same text, with the two paragraphs on alternate sides.  See the northern site for more information.  

In Spring 2015, to the right of this picture was a large advertising hoarding for the nearby Runnymede-on-Thames Hotel.  It read: "Magna-Meetings - hosting great meetings at Runnymede since 1215".  Well, someone had to provide the Post-It notes.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
U. H. Broughton pier - south

Subjects commemorated i

Cara Leland Rogers Duff Broughton, Lady Fairhaven

Born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, her father, Henry Huttleston Rogers, being ...

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Henry Rogers Broughton, Lord Fairhaven

Probably born Fairhaven, Massachusetts, second son of Urban Hanlon Broughton ...

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Urban Hanlon Broughton

Engineer who married money and then made lots more.  Born England. Studied ci...

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Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, Lord Fairhaven

Known as Huttleston (and he sometimes spelt this as Huddleston - tut, these t...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
U. H. Broughton pier - south

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Sir Edwin Lutyens

Architect. Born at 16 Onslow Square. Specialised in English country houses. C...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
U. H. Broughton pier - south

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Magna Carta pier - south

Magna Carta pier - south

In these meads on 15th June 1215 King John, at the instance of deputies from ...

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