Humphrey Senhouse
For the British naval officer, see Humphrey Fleming Senhouse.
Humphrey Senhouse (1731–1814) was a British Tory[1] politician from a Cumberland family.
His was the eldest son of Humphrey Senhouse (1705–1770), a landowner and High Sheriff who had founded the port of Maryport,[2] and the heiress Mary, daughter of Sir George Fleming, Bt, Bishop of Carlisle.
Humphrey junior was elected at a by-election in 1786 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cockermouth,[1] which was generally regarded as a pocket borough. He held that seat until the 1790 general election, when he was returned as an MP for Cumberland.[3] He did not contest the seat at the 1796 general election[3]
He had married in 1768 Catherine, the daughter of Thomas Wood, of Beadnell, Northumberland; they had one surviving child, another Humphrey.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S., ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 55. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ↑ Angus J. L. Winchester, ‘Senhouse, Humphrey (1705–1770)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stooks Smith, page 51
- ↑ "Family of Senhouse". Retrieved 2011-03-12.
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| Preceded by John Lowther James Clarke Satterthwaite |
Member of Parliament for Cockermouth 1786 – 1790 With: James Clarke Satterthwaite |
Succeeded by John Baynes Garforth John Anstruther |
| Preceded by Sir William Lowther, Bt Sir Henry Fletcher, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Cumberland 1790 – 1796 With: Sir Henry Fletcher, Bt |
Succeeded by John Lowther Sir Henry Fletcher, Bt |
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