James Bellingham

Sir James Bellingham, 2nd Baronet (8 September 1623 – 26 October 1650)[1] was an English politician, lawyer and baronet.

He was the only son of Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet and Dorothy Boynton, daughter of Sir Francis Boynton.[2] After being called to the by Gray's Inn,[3] Bellingham was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmorland in the Long Parliament from 1646 until 1648.[1]

Bellingham married Catherine Willoughby, daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, 1st Baronet.[4] Their marriage was childless.[4] In 1650, having succeeded his father as baronet, Bellingham himself died two weeks later, aged only 27. With his death the baronetcy became extinct.[2] He was buried in Heversham.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Courthope, William (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England. London: G. Woodfall. p. 20.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "ThePeerage - Sir James Bellingham, 2nd Bt". Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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. p. 54.
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Henry Bellingham		 Baronet
(of Hilsington)
October 1650 		Extinct