Sir Henry Meux, 2nd Baronet

Sir Henry Meux, 2nd Baronet (28 December 1817 – 1 January 1883), was head of Meux and Co., a London brewery,^[1] and a Member of Parliament (MP).

He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.^[2] He succeeded to his father's baronetcy on 7 April 1841.^[3]^{[self-published source]} He married Lady Louisa Caroline Brudenell-Bruce on 19 January 1856.^{[citation needed]}

He served as High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1845.^[4] He was then Conservative MP for Hertfordshire from 1847 to 1859.^[5]

In 1870, Sir Henry's trustees bought an estate at East Overton, Wiltshire (now part of West Overton parish),^[6] and they later paid for the rebuilding of the parish church.^[7] From 1877 he was the owner of Dauntsey Park House, near Malmesbury in Wiltshire.^[8] His son Henry Bruce Meux took over the running of the brewery in 1878.^[9]

References[]

^ Burd, Van Akin (1973). The Ruskin Family Letters. Cornell University Press.
^ "Meux". oxforddnb.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ "Baronetage : MALET of Wilbury". Leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "No. 20439". The London Gazette. 4 February 1845. p. 315.
^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
^ Baggs, A.P.; Crittall, Elizabeth; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1980). Crowley, D.A. (ed.). "Victoria County History – Wiltshire – Vol 11 pp181-203 – Parishes: Overton". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ "Church of St. Michael and All Angels, West Overton". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ "History". Dauntsey Park House. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ "Meux's Brewery Co Ltd, 1888-1961". National Archives. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

External links[]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Meux

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Plumer Halsey Abel Smith Hon. Granville Ryder	Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire 1847–1859 With: Thomas Plumer Halsey 1847–1854 Hon. Thomas Brand 1847–1852 Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1852–1859 Abel Smith 1854–1857 Christopher William Puller1857–1859	Succeeded by Christopher William Puller Abel Smith Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Honorary titles
Preceded by Frederick Cass	High Sheriff of Hertfordshire 1845	Succeeded by Felix Calvert
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Meux	Baronet (of Theobalds Park) 1831–1883	Succeeded by Henry Bruce Meux

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[1] Burd, Van Akin (1973). The Ruskin Family Letters. Cornell University Press.

[2] "Meux". oxforddnb.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[3] "Baronetage : MALET of Wilbury". Leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] "No. 20439". The London Gazette. 4 February 1845. p. 315.

[5] F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)

[6] Baggs, A.P.; Crittall, Elizabeth; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1980). Crowley, D.A. (ed.). "Victoria County History – Wiltshire – Vol 11 pp181-203 – Parishes: Overton". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

[7] "Church of St. Michael and All Angels, West Overton". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

[8] "History". Dauntsey Park House. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[9] "Meux's Brewery Co Ltd, 1888-1961". National Archives. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

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