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Henry Hanbury-Tracy

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Toddington Manor, Gloucestershire, inherited by his father

The Honourable Henry Hanbury-Tracy (11 April 1802 – 6 April 1889)[1] was a British Whig politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1837 to 1838.[1]

Hanbury-Tracy was born at Toddington, Gloucestershire, a younger son of Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley, by the Honourable Henrietta Susanna, only child and heiress of Henry Tracy, 8th Viscount Tracy. Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley, was his elder brother.[2]

He was elected at the 1837 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgnorth,[3] but resigned from Parliament the following year by becoming Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.[3]

Hanbury-Tracy married Rosamond Ann Myrtle, daughter of Robert William Shirley, Viscount Tamworth, in 1841.[2] On 2 September 1852, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Montgomeryshire by his brother,[4] and was promoted by him to major of the Royal Montgomeryshire Militia on 3 September.[5]

Hanbury-Tracy was appointed lieutenant-colonel commandant of that regiment on 1 May 1854, succeeding Sir John Conroy, 1st Baronet.[6] However, he resigned his militia commission on 25 June 1855.[7] He died in April 1889 at age 86.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
  2. ^ a b thepeerage.com Henry Hanbury-Tracy
  3. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 59. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. ^ "No. 21363". The London Gazette. 1 October 1852. p. 2591.
  5. ^ "No. 21355". The London Gazette. 3 September 1852. p. 2386.
  6. ^ "No. 21549". The London Gazette. 2 May 1854. p. 1365.
  7. ^ "No. 21735". The London Gazette. 26 June 1855. p. 2458.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth
18371838
With: Thomas Charlton Whitmore
Succeeded by