About Henry Negus Burroughes
Lived 1791 – 1872 (aged 81). Henry Negus Burroughes was a British politician.
Henry Negus Burroughes (8 February 1791 – 22 March 1872) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the eldest child of James Burkin Burroughes (1760-1803) and Christabel Burroughes (1764-1843), the daughter of Henry Negus of Hoveton Hall.
He was a Member of Parliament for East Norfolk from 1837 to 1857. Over his 20 years of being MP he made a total of 6 contributions during debates.
Burroughes was married to Jane Sarah Hoste; the couple had five children. One of their sons, Henry Negus Burroughes Jr. (born 1821), was described in A Naval Biographical Dictionary by William Richard O'Byrne. Jane died on 5 October 1851 and Henry married, secondly, Augusta Susanna Proctor in November 1854.
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British politician; (1791-1872)
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Henry Negus Burroughes was born on 8 February 1791.
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Henry Negus Burroughes died on 22 March 1872.
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Henry Negus Burroughes was a politician.
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