Commander Sir Henry Fletcher, 1st Baronet of Clea Hall (1727 – 29 March 1807)
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in the

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between 1768 and 1800, and in the

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between 1801 and 1802. Born Henry Fletcher in circa 1727 he was the son of John Fletcher and Isabella Senhouse. In 1759 he gained the rank of

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in the service of the

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and was a director of the Honourable East India Company between 1766 and 1784. He established the family seat at

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, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. He was created a Baronet of Clea Hall in 1782. He was married to Catherine Lintot and they had two children, Catherine and Henry, who succeeded as baronet.

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