Henry Surtees | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire |
Term Start: | 14 March 1864 |
Term End: | 21 November 1868 |
Alongside: | Abel Smith (1866–1868) Henry Cowper (1865–1868) Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1864–1865) Abel Smith (1864–1865) |
Predecessor: | Abel Smith Edward Bulwer-Lytton Christopher William Puller |
Successor: | Henry Cowper Abel Smith Henry Brand |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1819 |
Birth Place: | Redworth Hall, Redworth, Co. Durham |
Death Place: | St Hillier's, Alverstoke, Hampshire |
Restingplace: | St Michael, Heighington, Co. Durham |
Residence: | Redworth Hall, Redworth, Co. Durham |
Alma Mater: | Harrow School |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Conservative |
Parents: | Robert Surtees Elizabeth Cookson |
Spouse: | |
Children: | Six |
Henry Edward Surtees,, (9 May 1819 – 31 July 1895) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Born in Durham in 1819, Surtees was the son of Robert Surtees and Elizabeth Cookson. He first married Elizabeth Snell Chauncy, daughter of Charles Snell Chauncy and Elizabeth Beale, in 1843. Together they had three children:[1] [2]
After Elizabeth's death in 1854, he remarried to Mary Isabella Adams, daughter of Francis Adams and Maria Doveton, in 1870. Together, they had three children:[1] [2]
He was elected MP for Hertfordshire at a by-election in 1864 and held the seat until 1868.[3]
In 1839, Surtees became a Lieutenant in the 10th Royal Hussars.[1] He was also a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire and County Durham, and a Deputy Lieutenant of Durham.[2] In 1876, he was High Sheriff of Durham