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Sir Brydges Henniker, 1st Baronet

1767 – 1816

British Army general and politician

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Lived 1767 – 1816 (aged 48–49). Sir Brydges Henniker, 1st Baronet was a military leader.

Lieutenant-General Sir Brydges Trecothic Henniker, 1st Baronet (10 November 1767 – 3 July 1816) was a politician and British Army officer.

Biography Henniker was the youngest son of John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker and Anne Major, daughter of Sir John Major, 1st Baronet.

He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Kildare Borough between 1797 and the constituency's disenfranchisement under the Acts of Union 1800. On 2 November 1813 he was created a baronet, of Newton Hall in the County of Essex in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

He gained the rank of lieutenant-general while serving in the British Army.

On 25 September 1791 he married Mary Pressy. Upon his death he was succeeded in his title by his eldest son, Sir Frederick Henniker, 2nd Baronet.

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Born
1767
Birth century
Died
1816
Occupation
Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland
Also known as
Sir Brydges Trecothic Henniker, 1st Baronet, Brydges Trecothic Henniker, Brydges Henniker

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British Army general and politician

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Sir Brydges Henniker, 1st Baronet was born in 1767.

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Sir Brydges Henniker, 1st Baronet died in 1816.

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Sir Brydges Henniker, 1st Baronet was a military leader.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sir Brydges Henniker, 1st Baronet

· Wikidata: Q56164366

· DBpedia: Brydges Henniker

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