What is "boughton"

Boughton may refer to:

Boughton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alice Boughton (1866–1943), American photographer
• Clive Boughton (born 1956), Australian computer scientist
• George H. Boughton (1792–1866), American politician
• George Henry Boughton (1833–1905), Anglo-American painter
• Joy Boughton (1913–1963), English oboist and music professor
• Michael Boughton (born 1974), American baseball player and coach
• Napoleon Boughton, Commander of the USS Gladiolus during the American Civil War
• Rutland Boughton (1878–1960), English composer
• William Boughton, English conductor