Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet explained

Birth Date:24 June 1708
Death Date:7 June 1748
Constituency Mp:Worcester
Parliament:British
Term Start:1744
Term End:1747
Constituency Mp1:Tamworth
Parliament1:British
Term Start1:1747
Term End1:1748
Spouse: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 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.

Harpur was a Tory[3] [4] Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester from 1744 to 1747, and for Tamworth from 1747 until his death in 1748, 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).[2]

His daughter Caroline married the Scottish MP Adam Hay. In 1753, his widow, Lady Caroline, married Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet.[2]

Notes and References

  1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  2. Book: Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood. Burke's Peerage & Gentry . Burke, Sir Bernard . Bernard Burke . 76th . 1914 . 533. Burke .
  3. Web site: HARPUR, Sir Henry, 5th Bt. (?1708-48), of Calke Abbey, Derbys. | History of Parliament Online.
  4. Page 29, Derby and the Forty-Five, L. Eardley-Simpson, Published Philip Allen 1933