Henry Fisher (

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1586) was an English politician. Along with

Nicholas Barham Nicholas Barham (died 1577) was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament. Early life Barham was a native of Wadhurst, Sussex, where his family had been settled there for some generations as yeoman farmers and ironmasters.Note- the article pr ...

, Fisher was one of the first Members of Parliament to represent the borough of Maidstone, which had only recently been chartered. They were part of the

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. In addition to his term in Parliament, he was recorder and town clerk for Maidstone from 1559 until his death in 1584. He was a

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(MP) of the Parliament of England for Maidstone in 1563.

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Year of birth missing Year of death missing English MPs 1563–1567 {{1563-England-MP-stub