John Henniker-Major, 4th Baron Henniker

John Henniker-Major, 4th Baron Henniker (3 February 1801 – 16 April 1870), also 1st Baron Hartismere in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. He was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge.^[1]

Biography

Henniker was the son of John Minnet Henniker Major, 3rd Baron Henniker. He succeeded his father as fourth Baron Henniker in July 1832 but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. In December of the same year he was instead elected to the House of Commons for the newly created constituency of East Suffolk, which he represented until 1846 and again from 1856^[2] to 1866. The latter year he was created Baron Hartismere, of Hartismere in the County of Suffolk, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. This title gave him and his descendants an automatic seat in the House of Lords. He was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1849.^[3]

Lord Henniker married Anna, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet, in 1836.^[4]

Hon. Mary Henniker-Major (12 Aug 1838 – 20 Jul 1902). Died unmarried.
John Major Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker of Stratford-upon-Slaney (7 Nov 1842 – 27 Jun 1902)
Hon. Anne Helen Henniker-Major (4 Dec 1844 - 1907). Died unmarried.
Hon. Edward Minet Henniker-Major (3 Feb 1848, d. 20 Dec 1924). He married a French captain's daughter, Eveline Talavera de St. Maur. No known issue.
Maj.-Gen. Hon. Arthur Henry Henniker-Major (3 Apr 1855 – 6 Feb 1912). He married the Hon. Florence Ellen Hungerford Milnes, daughter of Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton. They had no issue.

He died at 6 Grafton Street, Mayfair, on 16 April 1870, aged 69, and was succeeded in his titles by his son John. Lady Henniker died in 1889.

Notes

^ "Henniker, John (HNKR818J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "East Suffolk Election". The Suffolk Chronicle. 27 December 1856. Retrieved 22 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "No. 20944". The London Gazette. 13 February 1849. p. 431.
^ Burke, Bernard (1869). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 636.

References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ^{[page needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Henniker-Major (Lord Henniker)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for East Suffolk 1832–1846 With: Robert Newton Shawe 1832–1835 Sir Charles Broke Vere 1835–1843 The Lord Rendlesham 1843–1846	Succeeded by The Lord Rendlesham Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch
Preceded by Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch Sir Fitzroy Kelly	Member of Parliament for East Suffolk 1856–1866 With: Sir Fitzroy Kelly	Succeeded by John Henniker-Major Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Huntingfield	High Sheriff of Suffolk 1849	Succeeded by Thomas James Ireland
Preceded by James Hamilton Lloyd Anstruther	High Sheriff of Suffolk 1853	Succeeded by Windsor Parker
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Hartismere 1866–1870	Succeeded by John Henniker-Major
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by John Minet Henniker-Major	Baron Henniker 1832–1870	Succeeded by John Henniker-Major

[1] "Henniker, John (HNKR818J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[2] "East Suffolk Election". The Suffolk Chronicle. 27 December 1856. Retrieved 22 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "No. 20944". The London Gazette. 13 February 1849. p. 431.

[Burke-4] Burke, Bernard (1869). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 636.

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