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Henry Pickering (artist)
Henry Pickering may refer to: * Sir Henry Pickering, 1st Baronet (died 1668), of the Pickering Baronets * Sir Henry Pickering, 2nd Baronet (c. 1656–1705), English politician * Henry Pickering (artist), (active c.1745-d.1771) English portrait painter See also * {{hndis, Pickering, Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Pickering, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Pickering, 1st Baronet (died 4 March 1668) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War. Biography Pickering was the son of Rev. Henry Pickering DD, rector of Aldwinckle, Northamptonshire. In 1645 he was colonel of foot in the New Model Army. He purchased the estate of Whaddon in 1648 and was High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire from 1648 to 1649. In 1654 he was elected Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Cambridgeshire in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. He was knighted by Oliver Cromwell at Whitehall on 1 February 1658. In 1659 he was re-elected MP for Cambridgeshire in the Third Protectorate Parliament. After the Restoration, he was created baronet by King Charles II on 2 January 1661. Pickering died at Whaddon in 1668. Family Pickering married Elizabeth Viner, daughter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Pickering, 2nd Baronet
Sir Henry Pickering, 2nd Baronet ( – 7 May 1705) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1689, and later settled in Barbados, where he played a prominent part in the island's government. Pickering was the son of Sir Henry Pickering, 1st Baronet of Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, and his wife Elizabeth Viner, daughter of Sir Thomas Viner, 1st Baronet, and his first wife Anne Parsons. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge (1672) and the Inner Temple (1674). He succeeded his father in 1668, inheriting his Whaddon estate. He was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1683–84 and deputy lieutenant for Cambridgeshire from 1685 to his death. He was a member of the Barbados assembly in 1693–94 and a member of the Barbados council from 1705 to his death. Pickering was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Morpeth in 1685 and sat until 1689. He sat later for Cambridge from 1698 until his death. He married twice: firstly Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |