English baronet and politician
Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet
In office In office
Born 24 June 1708 Died 7 June 1748 Spouse Caroline Manners
his mother Catherine Crewe (1682–1745), Lady Harpur Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet (24 June 1708[ 1] [ 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]
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] 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 ^ 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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