About Henry Fanshawe
Lived 1634 – 1685 (aged 50–51). Henry Fanshawe was an English politician.
Henry Fanshawe (1634–1685) was an English politician.
Fanshawe was the third son of Sir Thomas Fanshawe (later 1st Viscount Fanshawe) by his second wife. His brothers were Thomas Fanshawe, 2nd Viscount Fanshawe, Charles Fanshawe, 4th Viscount Fanshawe and Simon Fanshawe, 5th Viscount Fanshawe. He matriculated to his grandfather's alma mater, Jesus College, Cambridge, and afterwards entered the Middle Temple.
Besides being the King's Remembrancer, Fanshawe held other offices of state such as Commissioner for Excise, Receiver of Fines, and Auditor of the Excise. He would later briefly sit as Member of Parliament for Penryn from May 1685 until his death in August 1685.
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English politician (1634–1685)
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Henry Fanshawe was born in 1634.
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Henry Fanshawe died in 1685.
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Henry Fanshawe was a politician.
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