Sir Henry Marwood (1635-1725) was an aristocratic landowner who served as

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in 1674. He was

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for

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from 1685 to 1688.

Background

Marwood was born in 1635 and was the son of Sir George Marwood and Lady Anne Marwood (née Bethell). He was raised at Busby Hall in the North Riding of Yorkshire and succeeded the title of Baronet of Little Busby on the death of his father in 1683. Sir Henry first married Margaret Darcy the daughter of the

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at Hornby Castle in 1658 who died two years later in 1660. He then married Dorothy Bellingham in 1663 who died in 1678. His third and final wife was Martha, daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth of Elmsall, Yorkshire. With his second wife Dorothy he had one son and one daughter: * George Marwood * Elizabeth Marwood, married John Pierce Marwood died in 1725. As his son George died in 1700, the baronetcy passed to his nephew Samuel Marwood, the eldest son of his younger brother George.

References

{{Authority control High Sheriffs of Yorkshire Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1685–1687 1635 births 1725 deaths