Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington

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Henry Gerard Sturt, MA, 1st Baron Alington of Crichel, (16 May 182517 February 1904) was a British peer, the son of Henry Henry Charles Sturt. He was created 1st Baron Alington of Crichel on 15 January 1876.

He married (1) Lady Augusta Bingham, daughter of George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, on 10 September 1853. They had three children.

  • Sir Humphrey Napier Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington of Crichel (1859-1919)
  • Hon. Winifred Selina Sturt (1868-1914)
  • Hon. Mildred Cecilia Harriet Sturt (1869-1942)

He married (2) Evelyn Henrietta Leigh on 10 February 1892.

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New Creation
Baron Alington
1876–1904
Succeeded by
Humphrey Sturt
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper
Sir James Robert George Graham
Member of Parliament for Dorchester
2-seat constituency
(with George Lionel Dawson-Damer, 1847–1852
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, from 1852)

1847–1856
Succeeded by
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Charles Napier Sturt
Preceded by
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Member of Parliament for Dorset
18561876
Succeeded by
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