Henry Fanshawe (1634–1685) was an English politician. Fanshawe was the third son of Sir Thomas Fanshawe (later 1st Viscount Fanshawe) by his second wife. His brothers were

Thomas Fanshawe, 2nd Viscount Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 2nd Viscount Fanshawe (1632–1674) of Ware Park, Hertfordshire was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He was born to Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe by his second wife Elizabeth Cockayne, the daughter of Sir Wil ...

, Charles Fanshawe, 4th Viscount Fanshawe and Simon Fanshawe, 5th Viscount Fanshawe. He matriculated to his grandfather's alma mater,

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, and afterwards entered the

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. Besides being the

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, Fanshawe held other offices of state such as Commissioner for Excise, Receiver of Fines, and Auditor of the Excise. He would later briefly sit as Member of Parliament for Penryn from May 1685 until his death in August 1685.

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1634 births 1685 deaths Younger sons of viscounts English MPs 1685–1687 Fanshawe family {{1685-England-MP-stub