. ▁Through out ▁his ▁time ▁in ▁public ▁life ▁B rom ley ▁was ▁a ▁sta unch ▁high ▁church ▁T ory ▁with ▁a ▁reputation ▁for ▁hon esty ▁and ▁extreme ▁part is ans hip . ▁His ▁political ▁riv als ▁sometimes ▁found ▁it ▁useful ▁to ▁al lege ▁Jacob ite ▁sympath ies ▁and ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁B rom ley ' s ▁travel ▁mem oir s ▁Rem arks ▁on ▁the ▁Grand ▁Tour ▁of ▁France ▁and ▁Italy ▁to ▁support ▁that ▁alleg ation . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁ 1 6 9 0 ▁English ▁general ▁election ▁B rom ley ▁was ▁returned ▁as ▁kn ight ▁of ▁the ▁sh ire ▁( MP ) ▁for ▁War wick shire . ▁An ▁able ▁deb ater , ▁his ▁reputation ▁rose ▁rapidly ; ▁particularly ▁amongst ▁the ▁T ory ▁squ ires ▁who ▁shared ▁similar ▁pre jud ices . ▁In ▁ 1 6 9 6 ▁B rom ley ▁refused ▁to ▁take ▁an ▁o ath ▁to ▁swe ar ▁that ▁William ▁III ▁was ▁the ▁right ful ▁and ▁law ful ▁King . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁he ▁was ▁in cap ac itated ▁from ▁serving ▁in ▁Parliament ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁re - elect ed ▁for ▁War wick shire ▁in ▁ 1 6 9 8 . ▁ ▁B rom ley ▁returned ▁to ▁Parliament ▁for ▁the ▁strongly ▁High ▁T ory ▁constitu ency ▁of ▁Oxford ▁University , ▁at ▁a ▁by - e lection ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 7 0 1 . ▁after ▁which ▁B rom ley ▁was ▁a ▁leading ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁T ory ▁ranks . ▁He ▁continued ▁to ▁hold ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁university ' s ▁two ▁seats