Henry John Adeane (9 June 1833 – 17 February 1870) was a

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and Whig politician. The son of his namesake

Henry John Adeane Henry John Adeane Deputy Lieutenant, DL (18 June 1789 – 11 May 1847) was an English barrister and politician. Early life and education Adeane was the second but first surviving son of Robert Jones Adeane of Babraham, Cambridgeshire, and Annabe ...

(MP for

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from 1830 to 1832) and Matilda Abigail née Stanley, Adeane married Lady

Elizabeth Philippa Biddulph Lady Elizabeth Philippa Biddulph (, Yorke, after first marriage, Adeane, after second marriage, Biddulph; 15 November 1834 – January 1916) was an English humanitarian and temperance leader. She published a biography of her father, Charles Yorke ...

, daughter of

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(also MP for Cambridgeshire between 1832 and 1834) and Susan née Liddell in 1860. They had at least three children: Marie Constance (died 1934); Maud (died 1943); and Charles Robert Whorwood (1863–1943). His daughter, Marie Adeane, was a

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; she married Sir Bernard Mallet, and they had two sons, one of whom was Sir

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, the diplomat. Adeane followed his father into politics, and was first elected Whig MP for

at the 1857 general election. Becoming a Liberal in 1859, he held the seat until 1865, when he stood down. Outside of politics, Adeane was a Major in the

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, a Deputy Lieutenant and a Justice of the Peace.

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* Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 1833 births 1870 deaths Deputy Lieutenants in England English justices of the peace Henry John 1833 {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub