Sir Henry Sullivan, 2nd Baronet

Sir Henry Sullivan, 2nd Baronet (13 March 1785 – 14 April 1814) was an English politician and army officer.

Sullivan's memorial plaque in the Church of St Nicholas, Thames Ditton, Surrey

He was the son of Sir Richard Sullivan, 1st Baronet, a Member of Parliament, who also wrote a number of books on political matters.[1] Educated at Eton College,[2] Henry inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in July 1806.[1]

In the October 1812 general election Sullivan, a supporter of the ruling Tory party, was simultaneously elected Member of Parliament (MP) for both Rye and Lincoln. Standing down as MP for Rye after a by-election in December 1812,[3] Sullivan continued to represent Lincoln until his death in April 1814.[4] Since he was a serving soldier, he played little part in Parliamentary business. He made no formal speeches,[5] and voted only twice – in May 1813 against the Catholic Relief Bill and in June 1813 in support of Christian missions to India as part of the Charter Bill.[2]

Sullivan served in the Coldstream Guards during the Peninsular War, becoming a company commander in September 1812.[6] As a Foot Guards captain and a lieutenant-colonel in the army, he was killed at the Battle of Bayonne, in south France, on 14 April 1814.[7]

He was succeeded as third baronet by his younger brother Charles, a Royal Naval officer who eventually became an admiral.[1]

There are memorial plaques to Sir Henry Sullivan, as well as to his father and other members of his family, in the Church of St Nicholas, Thames Ditton, Surrey.[8]

References
  1. Cooper, Thompson; Revised by: Mills, Rebecca (2004). "Sullivan, Sir Richard Joseph, first baronet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26778. ISBN 019861411X. Retrieved 8 September 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. Thorne, R.G. (1986). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0436521016. Accessed 9 September 2021
  3. Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 90–92. Retrieved 9 September 2021 – via Google Books.
  4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  5. Hansard: Contributions: Sir Henry Sullivan 1812–14.
  6. "No. 16650". The London Gazette. 26 September 1812. p. 1966.
  7. "No. 16891". The London Gazette. 27 April 1814. p. 900.
  8. See image at Wikimedia Commons titled: Memorial plaque, Sir Henry Sullivan, St Nicholas Church, Thames Ditton.jpg.
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