Henry Whitmore was an English Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1852 and 1870.

Whitmore was the son of Thomas Whitmore

Thomas Whitmore (MP)

Thomas Whitmore was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1806 to 1831.Whitmore was the eldest son of Thomas Whitmore of Apley Park and his wife Mary Foley. He was recorder of the borough of Bridgnorth, and lay dean of the royal peculiar of Bridgnorth.In 1806 Whitmore...

 of Apley Park near Bridgnorth

Bridgnorth

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 and his wife Catherine Thomasson, daughter of Thomas Thomasson of York. His father was M.P. for Bridgnorth from 1806 to 1831. Whitmore was educated at Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford

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. He was a Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 and J.P.

Justice of the Peace

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 for Shropshire.
At the 1852 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1852

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 Whitmore was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Bridgnorth

Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency)

Bridgnorth was a parliamentary borough in Shropshire which was represented in the House of Commons of England from 1295 until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until its abolition in 1885.It...

 in succession to his brother Thomas Charlton Whitmore

Thomas Charlton Whitmore

Thomas Charlton Whitmore was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1852....

. A petition was lodged against his election, but it was dismissed. He was Lord of the Treasury and keeper of the Privy Seal to the Prince of Wales from March 1858 to June 1859. In 1865 he lost the seat in the election but his opponent's election was overturned and he was reinstated after petition. He was a Lord of the Treasury from July 1866 to December 1868. In 1868, representation for Bridgnorth was reduced to one member, but Whitmore was returned and held the seat until 1870. He was party whip for many years unti 1869.

Whitmore died at the age of 62.

Whitmore married Adelaide Anna Darby, daughter of Francis Darby of Colebrook Dale in 1852.

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