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Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet

1591 – 1650

English politician

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Lived 1591 – 1650 (aged 58–59). Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet was a politician and lawyer.

Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet (d. October 1650) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1626. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.

Bellingham was the son of Sir James Bellingham and his wife Agnes Curwen, daughter of Sir Henry Curwen. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1609, and admitted to the Middle Temple a year later. He was a member of parliament (MP) for Westmorland from 1625 until 1626 and again in the Long Parliament from 1640 until 1645.

Bellingham married Dorothy Boynton, daughter of Sir Francis Boynton. They had seven children, three surviving daughters and a son, James, who succeeded in the baronetcy, but died two weeks after his father.

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Important facts

Born
1591
Birth century
Died
1650
Occupation
Education
Queens' College
Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1625 Parliament, Member of the 1626 Parliament, Member of the April 1640 Parliament
Also known as
Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Bt.

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Who was Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet?

English politician

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Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet was born in 1591.

When did Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet die?

Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet died in 1650.

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Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet was a politician and lawyer.

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· Wikipedia: Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7527098

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