Henry Weston

Henry Weston (1534–1592) was a sixteenth century landowner and MP.

Life He was the only son of Sir Francis Weston, who was executed for an alleged dalliance with Anne Boleyn, and his wife Anne (d.1582), daughter and heiress of Sir Christopher Pickering of Killington, Cumbria and his wife Jane Lewkenor. Following his father's death, his mother married Sir Henry Knyvet (d. 1547) and John Vaughan (died 1577). He was left a considerable estate by his grandfather Sir Richard Weston (d. 1542), although because of his father's attainder his inheritance was not confirmed until he was restored in the blood in 1539. His grandfather had been Treasurer of Calais under Henry VIII and in 1557/8 Weston was himself part of the garrison defending the town during the siege, when it was retaken by the French. The following year the queen visited Sutton Place during her summer progress.

Weston became a Justice of the Peace early in Elizabeth's reign and served as High Sheriff of Surrey in 1568-9. and suspected of harbouring a priest in 1591. Despite this Elizabeth I visited Sutton Place for a second time in 1591.

He died in April 1592 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Guildford.

After Dorothy's death he married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Lovell of Harling, Norfolk and widow of Henry Repps (d.1566), of West Walton, Norfolk.