Henry Currie
Henry Currie (1798 – 1873) was the Conservative MP for Guildford from 1847 to 1852.[1]
Early life
[edit]He was the son of William Currie, of East Horsley Park, Surrey, MP for Gatton, and his wife, Percy, daughter of Francis Gore.[2] He was the cousin of Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet (1799–1875). He was educated at Eton College.[3]
Career
[edit]Currie lived at West Horsley Place, in West Horsley, Surrey.[4]
Personal life
[edit]In 1825, Currie married Emma Knox, the daughter of Colonel Thomas Knox, and they had three children:
- Henry William Currie (1828-?)
- Emily Currie, married Charles Henry Wyndham A'Court in 1854
- Mary Currie, in 1859, married Sir Edward Robert Sullivan, 5th Baronet of Ravenhead, Lancs.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mr Henry Currie (Hansard)". Historic Hansard. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via UK Parliament.
- ^ "Rushden Research Group: People - Currie Lineage". Rushdenheritage.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Appendix to the Eton School Lists: Comprising the Years 1853-6-9. E.P. Williams. 1864. pp. 70–.
- ^ Edward Wedlake Brayley; John Britton (1841). A topographical history of Surrey, by E.W. Brayley assisted by J. Britton and E.W. Brayley, jun. The geological section by G. Mantell. p. 95.
- ^ Joseph Foster (1881). The baronetage and knightage. Nichols and Sons. p. 597.