Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham, 9th Baron Stafford DL (2 January 1802 – 30 November 1884), known as Henry Jerningham until 1824 and styled The Honourable Henry Stafford-Jerningham between 1824 and 1851, was a British peer and politician.

Background

Stafford was the son of

George Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford George William Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford (27 April 1771 – 4 October 1851), known as Sir George William Jerningham, 7th Baronet from 1809 to 1824, was a British peer who, in 1824, successfully obtained a reversal of the attainder ...

, and Frances Henrietta Sulyarde, daughter of Edward Sulyarde of Haughley Park. His father had succeeded as seventh Baronet of Costessey in 1809. After his mother's death in 1832, his father married Elizabeth Caton, second daughter

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and Mary Carroll Caton (a daughter of

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). In 1821, Henry was admitted to

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. In 1824, his father managed to obtain a reversal of the

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of the barony of Stafford (the attainder had been imposed on his ancestor William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford and 1st Baron Stafford in 1680). The family assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Stafford at the same time.

Political career

Stafford was returned as a Whig to Parliament for

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at the 1830 general election, a seat he held until the dissolution of

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in December 1834; he did not stand again at the 1835 general election. In 1851 he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the

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Personal life

Lord Stafford was twice married. He married firstly Julia Barbara Howard on 12 February 1829. Julia was the second daughter of Elizabeth (

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Maycock) Howard (daughter of William Maycock) and

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, a younger brother of

Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk (21 November 1765 – 16 March 1842), was a British peer. Early life Howard was the son of Henry Howard (1713–1787) by his wife Juliana Molyneux, daughter of Sir William Molyneux, 6th Baronet (die ...

. After her death in November 1856, he married secondly to Emma Eliza Gerard on 12 September 1859. Emma was a daughter of Frederick Sewallis Gerard and Mary Anne (née Wilkinson) Gerard (daughter of Rev. Thomas Wilkinson). He died at the family seat of Costessey Park, Norfolk, in November 1884, aged 82, and was succeeded in the barony and baronetcy by his nephew, Augustus Frederick Fitzherbert Stafford-Jerningham. After his death, Lady Stafford remarried to Basil Thomas Fitzherbert (father of

Edward Fitzherbert, 13th Baron Stafford Admiral Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, 13th Baron Stafford, KCB (17 April 1864 – 28 September 1941) was an English peer, holding the title Baron Stafford. He was also a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Ho ...

from his first marriage), before her death in November 1912.

References

External links

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Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham, 9th Baron Stafford
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. * Jerningham, Frances Dillon (1896). ''The Jerningham letters (1780-1843) Being excerpts from the correspondence and diaries of the Honourable Lady Jerningham and of her daughter Lady Bedingfeld''. Volume I & II. Cornell University Library. London, R. Bentley and son. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stafford, Henry Stafford-Jerningham, 9th Baron 1802 births 1884 deaths Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge 9 Deputy lieutenants of Norfolk Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs who inherited peerages