Sir Henry Oxenden, 4th Baronet (10 July 1690 – 21 April 1720) was an English Whig politician who sat in the

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from 1713 to 1720. Oxenden was the son of

George Oxenden George Oxenden may refer to: * Sir George Oxenden (governor) (1620–1669), first governor of the Bombay Presidency * George Oxenden (lawyer) (1651–1703), English academic, lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1689 * ...

LLD master of

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and his wife Elizabeth Dixwell daughter of Sir Basil Dixwell Bt.John Burke ''A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage Volume 2''
/ref> He was admitted at Trinity Hall Cambridge on 6 January 1707. In 1709 he succeeded his uncle

Sir Henry Oxenden, 3rd Baronet Sir Henry Oxenden, 3rd Baronet (1645–1709), was the English deputy-governor of Bombay of East India Company. He assumed the office on 30 June 1677 and left office on 27 October 1681. He was present at the coronation ceremony of Chhatrapati ...

in the

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. His inheritance resulted in considerable litigation as the third baronet's will was contested by Sir Henry Penrice. Oxenden married Anne Holloway, daughter of John Holloway a barrister on 27 July 1712. Oxenden inherited from his uncle the family interest at

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and stood unsuccessfully for parliament there at a by-election on 17 April 1713. At the 1713 general election he was returned unopposed as

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(MP) for Sandwich. He was elected in a contest at Sandwich at the 1715 general election. In Parliament, he voted as a Whig but was often absent in the later years when his health was deteriorating. Oxenden died aged twenty-nine on 21 April 1720 and requested burial at the family vault at

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. He had no children and was succeeded in the baronetcy and the parliamentary seat by his brother

Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet (26 October 1694 – 20 January 1775) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1754. Early life Oxenden was the son of George Oxenden LLD master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and h ...

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by Edward Byng 1690 births 1720 deaths Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1713–1715 British MPs 1715–1722 People from Sandwich, Kent {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub