Henry Barnett, MP

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, JP

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, DL

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 (14 February 1815 – 5 May 1896) was an English Conservative Party

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 politician and magistrate.

He lived at Glympton Park

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, near Woodstock

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 and was the son of George Henry Barnett (1780 - 1871) by his marriage to Elizabeth Canning (1777 - 1838), she being first cousin to Prime Minister

Prime minister

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 George Canning

George Canning

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. Henry Barnett's education was at Eton

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 and Christ Church, Oxford

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. He married, in London, Emily Ann Stratton on 18 September 1838 who bore him ten recorded children.

He was a banker, Honorary Colonel of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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, Alderman

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 of Oxfordshire

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 and was elected at the 1865 general election

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 as the Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Woodstock

Woodstock (UK Parliament constituency)

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, holding the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1874 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1874

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He was born and died in London, but is buried at Glympton, Oxfordshire

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