Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet, of Hutton le Forest explained

Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet (April 1661  - 19 May 1712)^[1] was an English baronet and politician.

He was the oldest son of Sir George Fletcher, 2nd Baronet and his first wife Alice Hare, daughter of Hugh Hare, 1st Baron Coleraine.^[2] In 1700, he succeeded his father as baronet. Fletcher was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 10 June 1678.^[3] He entered the English House of Commons as member of parliament (MP) for Cockermouth in 1689, representing the constituency until the following year.^[4]

Fletcher converted to Roman Catholicism^[5] and lived then as a monk in the English monastery of Douai in France. He died there, unmarried and childless, and was buried in a chapel, he had built for the community at his own expense.^[2] With his death the baronetcy became extinct.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leigh Rayment – Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501225101/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsF1.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 19 June 2009 .
2. Book: Burke, John . John Bernhard Burke . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland . Scott, Webster, and Geary . London . 2nd . 1841 . 202 .
3. Web site: ThePeerage – Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Bt . 3 January 2007.
4. Web site: Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Cockermouth . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231328/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons5.htm . 10 August 2009 . usurped . 19 June 2009 .
5. Web site: Hutton-in-the-Forest, Official website – Sir Henry Fletcher 3rd Bt . 19 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090324171832/http://www.hutton-in-the-forest.co.uk/family/henry_fletcher_3bt.html . 24 March 2009 .
6. Book: Courthope, William . William Courthope (officer of arms)

   . William Courthope (officer of arms) . Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England . G. Woodfall . London . 1835 . 79 .