Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet
Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet | |
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Member of the British Parliament for Worcester | |
In office 1744–1747 | |
Member of the British Parliament for Tamworth | |
In office 1747–1748 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 June 1708 |
Died | 7 June 1748 |
Spouse(s) | Caroline Manners |
Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet (24 June 1708[1] – 7 June 1748) was an English baronet and politician.[2]
He was the oldest son of , of Calke Abbey, and his wife Catherine, daughter of Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.[3]
Harpur was a Tory[4][5] Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester from 1744 to 1747, and for Tamworth from 1747 until his death in 1748,[3] aged 40.
He married Lady Caroline Manners (died 1769), daughter of the Duke of Rutland. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second but eldest surviving son Henry (c.1739–1789).[6][2]
His daughter Caroline married the Scottish MP Adam Hay.[7] In 1753, his widow, Lady Caroline, married Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet.[2]
References[]
- ^ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- ^ a b c Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 533.
- ^ a b Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.). "HARPUR, Sir Henry, 5th Bt. (?1708-48), of Calke Abbey, Derbys". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/harpur-sir-henry-1708-48
- ^ Page 29, Derby and the Forty-Five , L. Eardley-Simpson, Published Philip Allen 1933
- ^ Drummond, Mary M. (1964). L. Namier; J. Brooke (eds.). "HARPUR, Sir Henry, 6th Bt. (?1739-89), of Calke Abbey, Derbys". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ Haden-Guest, Edith (1964). L. Namier; J. Brooke (eds.). "HAY, Adam (d.1775), of Soonhope, Peebles". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
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