Henry Cruger
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Henry Cruger (1739– April 24, 1827) was an American and British merchant at the time of the American Revolution. He has a unique distinction of having been elected to both the English Parliament (MP, 1774-1784) and the New York Legislature (State Senate, 1792-1796).
Henry Cruger was born in New York a member of a wealthy merchant family of Dutch descent: his uncle John Cruger was Mayor of New York and Speaker of the New York Assembly. He moved to Bristol, becoming a merchant heavily involved in trade with the American colonies. Cruger was elected as a radical Whig in the election of 1774 in which British policy towards the colonies was an important issue. The other Whig candidate, also elected but by a smaller majority was Edmund Burke. Cruger became Mayor of Bristol in 1781. He returned to New York in 1790.
Cruger married Cristina Peach, daughter of Samuel Peach of Tockington. Cruger's house in Park Street, Bristol, on the corner of Great George Street, is marked by a commemorative plaque.
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