Sir Henry Halford, 2nd Baronet (1797 – 22 May 1868) was an English

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and later

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politician who sat in the

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from 1832 to 1857. Halford was the son of

Sir Henry Halford, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Halford, 1st Baronet, GCH (2 October 1766 – 1844), born Henry Vaughan, was president of the Royal College of Physicians for 24 years. As the royal and society physician, he was physician extraordinary to King George III from 1793 to ...

and his wife Hon. Elizabeth Barbara St John daughter of

John St John, 12th Baron St John of Bletso John St John of Northwood, 12th Baron St John of Bletso (15 November 1725 – 20 April 1767) was a British peer. St John was the eldest son of John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso and his wife Elizabeth Crowley, daughter of Sir Ambrose C ...

. Halford was elected at the 1832 general election as one of the two

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(MP) for the newly created Southern division of Leicestershire, and held the seat at five further general elections until he stood down at the 1857 general election. He faced only one contested election, in 1841, when he was returned with a large majority. Halford married his cousin Barbara Vaughan, daughter of Sir John Vaughan, his paternal uncle and his wife Louisa Boughton, widow of

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and daughter of

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. They had two sons (both of whom married, but died issueless) *

Sir Henry St. John Halford, 3rd Baronet Sir Henry St John Halford, 3rd Baronet (9 August 1828 – 4 January 1897) was an English landowner and expert rifleman. Life He was born the son of Sir Henry Halford, 2nd Baronet, MP for Leicestershire South (UK Parliament constituency), Leices ...

* Reverend Sir John Frederick Halford, 4th Bart.

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* 1797 births 1868 deaths Tory MPs (pre-1834) Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom People from Harborough District {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1790s-stub