Sir Henry Edmonds (1605–1635) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1625 to 1626. Edmonds was the son of Sir Thomas Edmonds of the Privy Council and his first wife Magdalen Wood, daughter of Sir John Wood. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 16 December 1620, aged 15 and was awarded BA on 13 February 1623.'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Eade-Eyton', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 440-479. Retrieved 8 May 2012
/ref> In 1625, Edmonds was elected

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for Newton. He was knighted in February 1626. He was re-elected MP for Newton in 1626.William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven ''The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c.'' (1889)
/ref> Edmonds is said to have died an "inveterate drunkard" at the age of about 30.

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