About Henry Sturt
Lived 1795 – 1866 (aged 70). Henry Sturt was a British politician.
Henry Charles Sturt (; 9 August 1795 – 14 April 1866), of Crichel House, Dorset, was a British landowner and politician.
Background Sturt was the son of Charles Sturt (1763–1812); who was the son of Humphrey Sturt and his wife Mary Pitfield, daughter of Charles Pitfield and Dorothy Ashley.
Political career Sturt was elected to Parliament for Bridport in 1817, a seat he held until 1820. In 1823 he was appointed Sheriff of Dorset and later represented Dorchester in 1830 and Dorset between 1835 and 1846.
Family Sturt married Lady Charlotte Penelope, daughter of Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan. They had several children, including Henry Sturt, who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Alington in 1876, and Col. Charles Napier Sturt, MP for Dorchester. Sturt died in April 1866, aged 70.
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British politician
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Henry Sturt was born on 9 August 1795.
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Henry Sturt died on 14 April 1866.
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Henry Sturt was a politician.
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