Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington (3 January 1747 – 5 July 1786) was a British politician.
He was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hampshire on 30 March 1768, and sat until succeeding as Earl of Northington on 14 January 1772,[1] when he moved to the House of Lords. He was made a Knight of the Thistle on 18 August 1773.[2] In 1783 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Fox-North Coalition, being appointed a member of the Privy Council on 30 April. A 1787 portrait by Joshua Reynolds is in the Art Gallery of South Australia.[3]
On his death at the age of thirty-nine, his titles became extinct.
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| Preceded by Sir Richard Mill, Bt Sir Simeon Stuart, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Hampshire 1768 – 1772 With: Sir Simeon Stuart, Bt |
Succeeded by Sir Henry St John, Bt Sir Simeon Stuart, Bt |