Henry Hildyard (26 January 1610 – 8 June 1674) was an English politician. He was the oldest son of Sir Christopher Hildyard of Winestead, Yorkshire and was educated at

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and at the

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. In the Convention Parliament of 1660, he was elected at a by-election for the family borough of

Hedon Hedon is a town and civil parish in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately east of Hull city centre. It lies to the north of the A1033 road at the crossroads of the B1240 and B1362 roads. It is pa ...

. In 1660 he was also given the position of

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for life and in 1670 made a

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, also for life. He died in 1674. He had married Lady Anne Leke, the daughter of

Francis Leke, 1st Earl of Scarsdale Francis Leke, 1st Earl of Scarsdale (1581–1655) of Sutton Scarsdale Hall, was an English peer who fought for the Royalist cause in the Civil War. Origins He was the son and heir of Sir Francis Leke (d.1626) by his first wife Frances Swifte, a d ...

and had 5 sons and 9 daughters.

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