Thomas Duer Broughton

Thomas Duer Broughton (1778–1835) was an English soldier and writer on India.

Life and writings Thomas Duer Broughton, son of the Rev. Thomas Broughton, Rector of St Peter's Church, Castle Park, Bristol, was educated at Eton, and went to India in 1795 as a cadet in the East India Company's Bengal Army. He became a lieutenant in 1797 and fought at the siege of Seringapatam in 1799.

In 1802 Broughton was appointed military resident with the Mahrattas. He left for England at the end of 1811 and returned to India in August 1815, having been promoted to the rank of major. He was then appointed to the command of Weltevreden on Java, but by the time he arrived on the island in April 1816, preparations were being made to hand it back to the Dutch, and so he was returned to Bengal.

On his return from India he became honorary secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, and travelled widely in Britain and southern Europe.

Thomas Duer Broughton died in Dorset Square, London, on 16 November 1835.