Sir Henry Harpur, 6th Baronet (1739 – 10 February 1789) was an English

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politician who represented the constituency of

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. Harpur was the son of

Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet (24 June 1708 – 7 June 1748) was an English baronet and politician. He was the oldest son of Sir John Harpur, 4th Baronet, of Calke Abbey, and his wife Catherine, daughter of Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew. He was ...

and Lady Caroline Manners, daughter of

John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland KG (18 September 1676 – 22 February 1721), styled Lord Roos from 1679 to 1703 and Marquess of Granby from 1703 to 1711, was a British Whig politician sat in the English and British House of Commons from 170 ...

. He succeeded his father to the Baronetcy in 1748. He lived at

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, Derbyshire and 35 Upper Grosvenor Street, London.''Upper Grosvenor Street: South Side'', Survey of London: volume 40: The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings) (1980), pp. 231–238. Date accessed: 17 September 2008.
/ref> He was returned as

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for

in 1761, but was replaced in a rare contested election in 1768. He served as

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in 1774. Harpur married Frances Greville, second daughter of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick and 1st Earl Brooke. in 1762. He was succeeded by his son

Sir Henry Crewe, 7th Baronet Sir Henry Crewe, 7th Baronet (1763 – 6 February 1819), born Henry Harpur, was the only son of Sir Henry Harpur, 6th Baronet, and Frances Greville, the second daughter of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick. He was born in 1763 and took hi ...

References

* ''Debrett's Baronetage of England'' 7th Edition (1839) (Google Books) * *

External links

National Portrait Gallery NPG D2572
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harpur, Sir Henry 1739 births 1789 deaths People from South Derbyshire District Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies High Sheriffs of Derbyshire British MPs 1761–1768