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Sir Henry Vincent, 6th Baronet (c. 1685 – 20 January 1757), of Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1728 to 1734. Vincent was the fourth, but eldest surviving son of
Sir Francis Vincent, 5th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...
, MP, and his wife Rebecca Ashe, daughter of Jonathan Ashe, merchant of London.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> He matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford on 11 October 1703, aged 18. He married Elizabeth Sherman, daughter of Bazaliel Sherman Turkey merchant of London. Vincent was distantly related to the Onslows, who brought him in as Member of Parliament for
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at a by-election on 21 February 1728. He voted consistently with the Administration, but was not put up again at the
1734 British general election The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's incr ...
. At the
1741 British general election The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw suppo ...
, he stood for
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, asking Walpole to recommend him to several influential persons in thecounty, but he gave up before the poll. Vincent succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 10 February 1736. He died on 20 January 1757, having had two sons and five daughters including: * Sir Francis Vincent, 7th Baronet *Thomas Vincent, who died in 1740. *Elizabeth Vincent, died unmarried *Hester Vincent who married John Smith de Burgh, 11th Earl of Clanricarde and died on 29 December 1804 *Sarah Vincent


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vincent, Sir Henry, 6th Baronet 1680s births 1757 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1727–1734 Baronets in the Baronetage of England