Sir Henry Onslow, 2nd Baronet

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Sir Henry Onslow, 2nd Baronet (23 April 1784 – 13 September 1853) was a British baronet and son of

Sir Richard Onslow, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Onslow, 1st Baronet, GCB (23 June 1741 – 27 December 1817) was an English naval officer who played a distinguished role at the Battle of Camperdown. Naval career He was the younger son of Lt-Gen. Richard Onslow and his wife Poole ...

, whose baronetcy he succeeded on 27 December 1817. He was also Captain in the

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. Onslow was born at

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, Hampshire on 23 April 1784, the seventh and youngest child of Admiral Sir Richard Onslow. Onslow married Caroline Bond and had four daughters and five sons, including the third and fourth Baronets. He died on 13 September 1853 at

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, West Sussex, and is buried in the churchyard at All Saints parish church,

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, Wiltshire.< 1784 births 1853 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain Royal Artillery officers

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