Henry Chester (died 1855) was an Irish politician. Living at Cartown, near

Drogheda Drogheda ( , ; , meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, north of Dublin. It is located on the Dublin–Belfast corridor on the east coast of Ireland, mostly in County Louth ...

, Chester became a deputy-lieutenant and magistrate of

County Louth County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the ...

. Chester was appointed as High Sheriff of Louth in 1837, unusually for a Catholic whose name was not put forward by judges. However, he wished to contest the

1837 UK general election The 1837 United Kingdom general election was triggered by the death of King William IV and produced the first Parliament of the reign of his successor, Queen Victoria. It saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whi ...

as a Whig. He was permitted to resign as High Sheriff in order to stand, and won the seat. However, he resigned in 1840 by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chester, Henry Year of birth missing 1855 deaths High Sheriffs of County Louth Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Louth constituencies (1801–1922) Politicians from County Louth UK MPs 1837–1841 Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies