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Sir Henry Holcroft (1586–1650) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1629.[1]

Holcroft was the son of Thomas Holcroft of Battersea, Surrey, and grandson of Geoffrey Holcroft of Hurst, Lancashire.[2] He was knighted at Whitehall on 1 May 1622.[3] He was of Long Acre, Westminster and Greenstreet House, East Ham, Essex. In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Stockbridge. He was elected MP for Newton in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[4]

Holcroft died in London at the age of about 64.[2]

References

  1. ^ V.C.D. Moseley and R. Sgroi, 'Holcroft, Sir Henry (c.1586-1650), of Long Acre, Westminster and Greenstreet House, East Ham, Essex' in A. Thrush and J.P. Ferris (eds), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 (Cambridge University Press, 2010), History of Parliament online.
  2. ^ a b William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c. (1889)
  3. ^ Knights of England
  4. ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. p. 174.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Stockbridge
1624
With: Sir Richard Gifford
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newton
1628–1629
With: Francis Onslow
Succeeded by
Parliament suspended until 1640
Political offices
Preceded by Chief Secretary for Ireland
1616–1622
Succeeded by
Vacant - next held by George Lane