Ailwyn Broughton, 3rd Baron Fairhaven

The Lord Fairhaven
Born	16 November 1936
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major
Commands held	Royal Horse Guards
Awards	Order of the White Rose of Finland

Ailwyn Henry George Broughton, 3rd Baron Fairhaven (born 16 November 1936) is a British peer and equestrian.

Broughton was the son of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven and Hon. Diana Rosamond Fellowes. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

On 2 August 1957 he commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards,^[1] and served in the regiment until his retirement with the rank of Major in 1971. In 1970 he was invested as a Knight as the Order of the White Rose of Finland. In 1973 he was Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, and on 6 April 1973 he succeeded his father as Baron Fairhaven and assumed his seat in the House of Lords as a Conservative.^[2]

In 1975 Broughton was a Justice of the Peace in Cambridgeshire and between 1977 and 1984 he served as Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire.^[3] From 1985 to 1989 Broughton was Senior Steward of the Jockey Club. In 1992 he was invested as a Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.^[4]

He married Kathleen Patricia Magill, daughter of Colonel James Henry Magill, on 23 September 1960. Together they have had six children.

References

1. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 41191. p. 5759. 4 October 1957. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
2. Professor Nicholas Vincent, Runnymede and the Commemoration of Magna Carta (1923-2015), The Magna Carta Project
3. The London Gazette: no. 47392. p. 15013. 1 December 1977. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
4. The London Gazette: no. 53091. p. 18069. 28 October 1992. Retrieved 3 December 2015.