Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet (24 June 1708 – 7 June 1748) was an English baronet and politician. He was the oldest son of Sir John Harpur, 4th Baronet, of

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, and his wife Catherine, daughter of

Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew (1624 – 30 November 1697) of Steane, Northamptonshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1679, when he inherited the peerage Baron Crew. Life Crew wa ...

. He was educated at

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. Harpur was a ToryPage 29, Derby and the Forty-Five , L. Eardley-Simpson, Published Philip Allen 1933

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(MP) for

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from 1744 to 1747, and for Tamworth from 1747 until his death in 1748, aged 40. He married Lady Caroline Manners (died 1769), daughter of the

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. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second but eldest surviving son

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(''c.''1739–1789). His daughter Caroline married the Scottish MP Adam Hay. In 1753, his widow, Lady Caroline, married

Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet (28 May 1716 – 13 February 1797) was a British politician and member of the English gentry. Burdett was the posthumous son of Robert Burdett, son of Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet of Bramcote, Warwickshire. His ...

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1708 births 1748 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 1747–1754 Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford People from South Derbyshire District {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub