Sir Henry Oxenden, 1st Baronet (1614–1686) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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at various times between 1645 and 1660.
Oxenden was the eldest son of Sir James Oxenden of Deane and his wife Margaret Nevinson, daughter of Thomas Nevinson of
Eastry
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,
Kent
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. He was
knighted
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on 11 July 1660, despite his family's rather dubious record of loyalty to the Crown.
William Betham
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''The Baronetage of England'' Volume 3
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Oxenden was elected Member of Parliament
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for Winchelsea
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as a recruiter to the Long Parliament
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in 1645. He was elected MP for Kent
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in the First Protectorate Parliament
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of 1654 and in the Second Protectorate Parliament
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in 1656.[History of Parliament Online - Oxenden, Henry]
/ref> In 1660 he was elected MP for Sandwich
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in the Convention Parliament.[ He was created ]Baronet
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in on 6 May 1678. During the Exclusion Crisis
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he was generally regarded as an opponent of the Crown.
Oxenden married firstly Mary Baker daughter of Robert Baker of St Martin in the Fields, by whom he had a daughter, and secondly, Elizabeth Meredith (died 1659) daughter of Sir William Meredith, 1st Baronet of Leeds Abbey
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, Kent and his first wife Susannah Barker. Her portrait was painted by Sir Peter Lely
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Life
Lely was born Pieter van der Faes to Dutch ...
. They had issue James
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and Henry
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who successively succeeded to the baronetcy, and George
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, and several daughters including Susannah, who married Sir Robert Booth, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
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, by whom she had four daughters. He married thirdly Elizabeth Reade, daughter of Matthew Reade of Folkestone
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, and widow of Mark Dixwell.[
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References
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1614 births
1686 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
English MPs 1640–1648
English MPs 1654–1655
English MPs 1656–1658
English MPs 1660