1ST

BARON

See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY

See also:

• BROOKE, FRANCES (1724-1789)
• BROOKE, FULKE OREVILLE, 1ST BARON (1554-1628)
• BROOKE, HENRY (c. 1703-1783)
• BROOKE, SIR JAMES (1803-1868)
• BROOKE, STOPFORD AUGUSTUS (1832– )

BROOKE

See also:

• PARNELL, CHARLES STEWART (1846-1891)
• PARNELL, THOMAS (1679-1718)

PARNELL

See also:

• CONGLETON
• 1ST BARON HENRY BROOKE PARNELL CONGLETON (1776-1842)

CONGLETON (1776-1842)  , was the second son of Sir John Parnell, bart . (1744-1801), chancellor of the Irish exchequer, and was educated at Eton and Cambridge . In 1801 he succeeded to the family estates in Queen's county, and married a daughter of the earl of Portarlington; and in 1802, by his father-in-law's interest, he was returned for Portarlington to parliament, but he speedily resigned the seat . In 1806 he was returned for Queen's county, for which he sat till 1832, when he withdrew from the representation . In 1833, however, he was returned for Dundee; and after being twice re-elected for the same city (1835 and 1837), he was raised to the peerage in 1841 with the title of Baron Congleton of Congleton . In 1842, having suffered for some time from ill-health and melancholy, he committed suicide . He was a Liberal Whig, and took a prominent part in the struggle of his party . In 1806 he was a commissioner of the treasury for Ireland; it was on his motion on the civil list that the duke of Wellington was defeated in 1830; in that year and in 1831 he was secretary at war; and from 1835 till 1841 he was paymaster of the forces and treasurer of the ordnance and navy . He was the author of several volumes and pamphlets on matters connected with financial and penal questions, the most important being that On Financial Reform, 1830 . He was succeeded as 2nd baron by his eldest son John Vesey (180 1883), who in 1829 joined the Plymouth Brethren, and spent his life in enthusiastic religious work . He left no son, and his brother Henry William (d . 1896) became 3rd baron, being succeeded by his second son Henry (1839-1906), a soldier who rose to be major-general .