Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet

Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet (24 June 1708[1] – 7 June 1748) was an English baronet and politician.[2]

Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet
Member of the British Parliament
for Worcester
In office
1744–1747
Member of the British Parliament
for Tamworth
In office
1747–1748
Personal details
Born24 June 1708
Died7 June 1748
SpouseCaroline Manners
his mother Catherine Crewe (1682–1745), Lady Harpur

He was the oldest son of Sir John Harpur, 4th Baronet, of Calke Abbey, and his wife Catherine, daughter of Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.[3]

Harpur was a Tory[4][5] Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester from 1744 to 1747, and for Tamworth from 1747 until his death in 1748,[3] aged 40.

He married Lady Caroline Manners (died 1769), daughter of the Duke of Rutland. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second but eldest surviving son Henry (c.1739–1789).[6][2]

His daughter Caroline married the Scottish MP Adam Hay.[7] In 1753, his widow, Lady Caroline, married Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet.[2]

References
  1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  2. Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 533.
  3. Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.). "HARPUR, Sir Henry, 5th Bt. (?1708-48), of Calke Abbey, Derbys". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  4. "HARPUR, Sir Henry, 5th Bt. (?1708-48), of Calke Abbey, Derbys. | History of Parliament Online".
  5. Page 29, Derby and the Forty-Five , L. Eardley-Simpson, Published Philip Allen 1933
  6. Drummond, Mary M. (1964). L. Namier; J. Brooke (eds.). "HARPUR, Sir Henry, 6th Bt. (?1739-89), of Calke Abbey, Derbys". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  7. Haden-Guest, Edith (1964). L. Namier; J. Brooke (eds.). "HAY, Adam (d.1775), of Soonhope, Peebles". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 27 June 2014.


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