Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet, of Hutton le Forest

Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet (April 1661 – 19 May 1712)^[1] was an English baronet and politician.

He was the oldest son of Sir George Fletcher, 2nd Baronet and his first wife Alice Hare, daughter of Hugh Hare, 1st Baron Coleraine.^[2] In 1700, he succeeded his father as baronet.^[3] Fletcher was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 10 June 1678.^[4] He entered the English House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cockermouth in 1689, representing the constituency until the following year.^[5]

Fletcher converted to Roman Catholicism^[6] and lived then as a monk in the English monastery of Douai in France. He died there, unmarried and childless, and was buried in a chapel, he had built for the community at his own expense.^[2] With his death the baronetcy became extinct.^[3]

References

^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsF1.htm. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
^ ^a ^b Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke. ed. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. pp. 202.
^ ^a ^b Courthope, William (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England. London: G. Woodfall. pp. 79.
^ "ThePeerage - Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p12692.htm#i126914. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Cockermouth". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons5.htm. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
^ "Hutton-in-the-Forest, Official website - Sir Henry Fletcher 3rd Bt". http://www.hutton-in-the-forest.co.uk/family/henry_fletcher_3bt.html. Retrieved 19 June 2009.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Daniel Fleming Sir Orlando Gee	Member of Parliament for Cockermouth 1689 – 1690 With: Sir Henry Capell	Succeeded by Sir Wilfrid Lawson Sir Orlando Gee
Baronetage of England
Preceded by George Fletcher	Baronet (of Hutton le Forest) 1700 – 1712	Extinct