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 | Caroline Manners |
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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 Sir John Harpur, 4th Baronet, 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.
On 2 October 1734, Harpur married Lady Caroline Manners (died 10 November 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.
- ^ "HARPUR, Sir Henry, 5th Bt. (?1708-48), of Calke Abbey, Derbys. | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ 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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