Sir Henry Wallop (c. 1540 – 14 April 1599) was an

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statesman.

Biography

Henry Wallop was the eldest son of Sir Oliver Wallop (d. 1566) of

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. Having inherited the estates of his father and of his uncle, Sir John Wallop, he was knighted in 1569 and was chosen

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for

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in 1572. His connection with

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, began in 1579, when he was appointed vice-treasurer of that country. This position was a very thankless and difficult one and Wallop appears to have undertaken it very unwillingly. However, Sir Henry reached

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and was soon immersed in the troubles caused by the rebellion of

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, finding, in his own words, it was "easier to talk at home of Irish wars than to be in them". In July 1582, he and Adam Loftus, archbishop of Dublin, were appointed

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, and they were responsible for the government of Ireland for just two years, after which they were succeeded by

Sir John Perrot Sir John Perrot (7 November 1528 – 3 November 1592) served as lord deputy to Queen Elizabeth I of England during the Tudor conquest of Ireland. It was formerly speculated that he was an illegitimate son of Henry VIII, though the idea is reject ...

. Sir Henry continued to fill the office of vice-treasurer, and at

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, where he had secured a lease of lands, he set up a colony of Englishmen and opened up a trade with

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. As a member of the Irish council, he quarrelled with Perrot, and then from 1589 to 1595, he was in England, entertaining

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at Farleigh Wallop in 1591. Having returned to Ireland he was sent to

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to attempt to make peace with

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, but this proved a vain errand. At length, after many entreaties, he was allowed to resign the treasurership, but before he could arrange to leave Ireland he died. Wallop's eldest son,

Sir Henry Wallop Sir Henry Wallop (c. 1540 – 14 April 1599) was an English statesman. Biography Henry Wallop was the eldest son of Sir Oliver Wallop (d. 1566) of Farleigh Wallop in Hampshire. Having inherited the estates of his father and of his uncle, Sir Joh ...

(1568–1642), who acted as his father's deputy in Ireland, left an only son,

Robert Wallop Robert Wallop (20 July 1601 – 19 November 1667) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times from 1621 to 1660. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War and was one of the regicides of King Char ...

(1601–1667). A member of parliament for nearly 40 years, and a supporter of the parliamentary party during the

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, Robert was one of the judges of

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, although he did not sign the death warrant. He was active under

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, being a member of nearly all the councils of state. At the Restoration, he was deprived of his estates and was imprisoned, and he died in the

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on 19 November 1667. Robert's son Henry (d. 1673) was the grandfather of

John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth (15 April 1690 – 22 November 1762), of Hurstbourne Park, near Whitchurch and Farleigh Wallop, Hampshire, known as John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington from 1720 to 1743, was a British politician who sat in the ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallop, Henry 1540s births 1599 deaths English MPs 1572–1583 People from Farleigh Wallop People of Elizabethan Ireland English knights Henry Irish MPs 1585–1586