Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip DL (19 February 1811 – 2 April 1887), known as Sir Henry Allsopp, Bt, between 1880 and 1886, was a British businessman and

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politician.

Background

Allsopp was the third son of Samuel Allsopp (12 August 1780 – 26 February 1838), the son of James Allsopp and Anne Wilson, head of the brewery firm of

Samuel Allsopp & Sons Samuel Allsopp & Sons was one of the largest breweries operating in Burton upon Trent, England. History Origins Allsopp's origins go back to the 1740s, when Benjamin Wilson, an innkeeper-brewer of Burton, brewed beer for his own premises and so ...

Burton-on-Trent Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire. In 2011, it had a population of 72,299. Th ...

and his wife Frances Fowler.

Career

He represented East Worcestershire in the

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between 1874 and 1880 when he was ennobled. In 1874 he was made a deputy lieutenant of

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ...

. He was created a Baronet, of

Hindlip Hall Hindlip Hall is a stately home in Hindlip, Worcestershire, England. The first major hall was built before 1575, and it played a significant role in both the Babington and the Gunpowder plots, where it hid four people in priest holes. It was Hump ...

in the Parish of Hindlip in the County of Worcester, in 1880, and raised to the peerage as Baron Hindlip, of Hindlip in the County of Worcester and of Alsop-en-le-Dale in the County of Derby, in 1886. Allsopp succeeded his father in 1838 in running of the family brewing business. He was very upset when shareholders claimed they had been misled over its 1887 stockmarket flotation, and he died within weeks of the criticism.Wardle, Terry ''Heroes & Villains of Worcestershire'' 2010 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire. p12

Family

Lord Hindlip married Elizabeth Tongue, daughter of William Tongue, in 1839. He died in April 1887, aged 76, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Samuel. His son George Allsopp was MP for Worcester, and

Alfred Percy Allsopp Alfred Percy Allsopp (26 August 1861 – 22 February 1929) was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician. Allsopp was the sixth and youngest son of Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip and Elizabeth Tongue. Several of his brothers ...

was MP for Taunton. Another son

Herbert Allsopp The Hon. Captain Herbert Tongue Allsopp (5 December 1855 – 31 January 1920) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University Cricket Club, Cambridge University. Allsopp was the son of the brewer Henry Allsopp, 1st Bar ...

was a cricketer and an army officer. Lady Hindlip died in 1906.

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * *

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