Sir Henry Caesar (2 October 1630 – 6 January 1668 ) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1660 and 1666 through 1668. Caesar was the son of Sir

Charles Caesar Sir Charles Caesar (27 January 1590 – 6 December 1642), of Benington in Hertfordshire, was an English judge who served as Master of the Rolls in the period leading up to the outbreak of the English Civil War; his father, Sir Julius Caesar, ...

, by his wife Jane Barkham, and succeeded to the estate of Bennington, Hertfordshire, in 1642. He was admitted at

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, on 10 June 1646 and admitted at

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in 1647. In 1660, Caesar was elected

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for Hertfordshire in the Convention Parliament. He regained his seat in

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in a

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in April 1666. History of Parliament Online - Caesar, Henry
/ref> He was knighted on 7 July 1660.Knights of England
/ref> Caesar married Elizabeth (1630 - 1670) daughter of Robert Angell a merchant of London by his wife Susan Bateman, on 6 November 1649 at St Olave, Hart Street, London. Caesar died of

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in 1668 at the age of 37. He was survived by his son Charles who became a member of parliament and his daughter Jane wife of Sir Thomas Pope Blount, 1st Baronet.

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