Henry Belasyse also known as Henry Bellasis was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England

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  variously between 1625 and 1642.

Belasyse was the son of Thomas Belasyse, 1st Viscount Fauconberg

Thomas Belasyse, 1st Viscount Fauconberg

Thomas Belasyse, 1st Viscount Fauconberg , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons and was raised to the peerage in 1627...

 and his wife Barbara Cholmeley. He matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge

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 in 1615, and was admitted to Lincoln's Inn

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 in 1619.

In 1625 Belasyse was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Thirsk

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 until 1626. In 1628 he was elected MP for Yorkshire

Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament. In April 1640, he was re-elected for Yorkshire in the Short Parliament

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 and was elected for Yorkshire again in November 1640 for the Long Parliament

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. He supported the King and was disabled from sitting in parliament in 1642.

Belasyse died at the age of 43, predeceasing his father.

Belasyse married Grace Barton, daughter of Sir Thomas Barton. His son Thomas

Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg

Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg PC was an English peer. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War drawing close to Oliver Cromwell and married Cromwell's third daughter Mary...

 inherited the title and was created Earl of Fauconberg

Baron Fauconberg

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. His daughter Grace married George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton

George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton

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