Henry Burton-Peters (12 January 1792 – 24 November 1874 ) was an English Whig and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1830 to 1837. Peters was the son of Henry Peters and Charlotte Mary Morrison, daughter of General George Morrison. In 1830, Burton-Peters was elected as a

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(MP) for

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. He held the seat until 1837. Burton-Peters married three times. He married his third wife Mary Cartwright in 1870. They lived at 35 Brock Street, Bath.

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* 1792 births 1874 deaths UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1835–1837 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies {{England-UK-MP-stub