Henry Wallop was a British soldier and politician, the second son of John Wallop, Viscount Lymington

John Wallop, Viscount Lymington

John Wallop, Viscount Lymington was a British politician, styled Hon. John Wallop from 1720 to 1743.The eldest son of John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington, Wallop was educated at Winchester School from 1731 to 1734 and at Christ Church, Oxford in 1735. From 1739 to 1740, he was mayor of...

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Wallop was commissioned as a lieutenant and captain in the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards in 1762. Upon the death of Henry Bilson-Legge, Member of Parliament for Hampshire

Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Hampshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832...

 in 1764, Wallop's elder brother, John Wallop, 2nd Earl of Portsmouth

John Wallop, 2nd Earl of Portsmouth

John Wallop, 2nd Earl of Portsmouth , styled Hon. John Wallop from 1743 to 1749 and Viscount Lymington from 1749 to 1762, was a British nobleman.He was the son of John Wallop, Viscount Lymington and his wife Catherine...

, engaged not to use his interest in the by-election, but solicited the place of a groom of the bedchamber to the Duke of Cumberland for Henry in exchange. George Grenville

George Grenville

George Grenville was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham...

 recommended him to King George, but the King declined to interfere with his brother's appointments to that office. However, on 24 August 1765, Wallop was appointed a Royal Groom of the Bedchamber in place of Henry Seymour

Henry Seymour (Redland)

-Life:Seymour was the eldest son of Francis Seymour, of Sherborne, Dorset. He was educated at New College. In January 1746/7, he inherited the estate of East Knoyle from his uncle, William.In 1753, Seymour married Lady Caroline Cowper -Life:Seymour was the eldest son of Francis Seymour, of...

, an office he held until 1773.

On 29 March 1768, he was promoted to a captaincy in the 41st Regiment of Foot. In the 1768 election

British general election, 1768

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, he was returned for Whitchurch

Whitchurch (UK Parliament constituency)

Whitchurch was a parliamentary borough in the English County of Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1586 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...

 by his brother, who had inherited an electoral interest there from their mother. He had little recorded Parliamentary activity, although he was set down as favoring the Royal Marriages Act 1772

Royal Marriages Act 1772

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 (but absent for the vote) and in favor of the North Ministry

North Ministry

The North Ministry governed the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1770 until 1782. Overseeing in this time the Falklands Crisis, the Gordon Riots and much of the American War of Independence. It was headed by the Tory politician Lord North and served under George III.-Membership:...

 before the 1774 election

British general election, 1774

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. However, he did not stand for Parliament again and died a bachelor in August 1794.