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Sir Henry John Delves Broughton, 11th Baronet, DL (10 September 1883 – 5 December 1942), was a British baronet who is chiefly known for standing trial for the murder of the 22nd Earl of Erroll. The event was the basis of the film White Mischief and of the British television drama The Happy Valley, both from 1987.
12 de abr. de 2012 · Sir 'Jock' Delves Broughton, 56, and suffering from thrombosis, was accompanied by his new wife, Diana. Thirty years his junior with deep blue eyes and elegant, arched eyebrows, she was well...
Born Diana Caldwell (1913–1987), she relocated to the Happy Valley in late 1940, together with her new husband, Sir John "Jock" Delves Broughton, a Baronet with extensive landed estates in England. She almost immediately began a very public affair with the local celebrity Joss Hay, Earl of Erroll.
Sir Henry ‘Jock’ Delves Broughton (1883-1942) has the misfortune to be remembered as the prime suspect in the infamous, unsolved murder of Josslyn Hay, 22 nd Earl of Erroll in Kenya in 1941.
11 de may. de 2007 · Back in 1941, Sir "Jock" Delves Broughton was put on trial for the murder of Erroll, who was his wife Diana's lover. Although sensationally acquitted, months later Delves...
3 de ago. de 2013 · According to statements she made almost 50 years later, the murderer, Sir John Henry Delves Broughton, 30 years older than Diana, confessed his crime to Juanita the day after the killing.
Delves Broughton learned of the affair and after spending a night with Lady Broughton, Lord Erroll was found shot dead in his Buick at a crossroads on the Nairobi-Ngong road on 24 January 1941. Sir Jock was accused of the murder, arrested on 10 March and stood trial from 26 May.
