Sir William Henry Humphery, 1st Baronet, (25 March 1827 – 31 March 1909) was a British
Conservative
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politician.
Humphery was the son of
John Humphery
John Humphery ( – 28 September 1863) was a British
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and
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for
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, by his wife Mary Burgess, daughter of William Burgess. He was returned to Parliament for
Andover
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in 1863 (succeeding his deceased father-in-law
William Cubitt
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), a seat he held until 1867, when he resigned through his appointment as
Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds
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. In 1868, he was created a baronet, of Penton Lodge in the County of Southampton. He also served as
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from 1872 to 1873.
During the invasion scare of 1859–60 Humphery raised the 13th (Andover) Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps and commanded it with the rank of
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. The unit was included in the 1st Administrative Battalion, Hampshire Rifle Volunteers, based in
Winchester
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and on 15 August 1863 he was promoted to
Lieutenant-Colonel
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to command the battalion, which later became the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the
Hampshire Regiment
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. The battalion was included in the new
Portsmouth Brigade in 1889, and Humphery was promoted to
Colonel
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to command this brigade on 28 January.
[''Army List'', various dates.]
Humphery married firstly Maria Cubitt, daughter of
William Cubitt
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, in 1850. After her death in 1897 he married secondly Mary Catherine Alderson, daughter of
Sir Edward Hall Alderson
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He was a Baron ...
, in 1898. He died in March 1909, aged 82, when the baronetcy became extinct.
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1827 births
1909 deaths
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