About Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Baronet
Lived 1633 – 1670 (aged 37). Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.
Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Baronet (6 July 1633 – 3 October 1670) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660 and from 1664 to 1670.
Early life Yelverton was the son of Sir Christopher Yelverton, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Twysden, daughter of Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet and writer Lady Anne Finch. He inherited the baronetcy of Easton Maudit on the death of his father in 1654.
Career In 1660, Yelverton was elected Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire in the Convention Parliament. In 1664 he was elected MP for Northampton in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1670 at the age of 37.
Personal life Yelverton married Susan Longueville, daughter of Charles Longueville, 12th Baron Grey de Ruthyn who became Baroness Grey de Ruthyn in her own right. Their daughter Frances Yelverton (d. 1684) married Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton, while their son Charles inherited the barony and baronetcy.
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Member of Parliament of England
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Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Baronet was born on 6 July 1633.
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Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Baronet died on 3 October 1670.
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