Henry John Adeane DL (18 June 1789 – 11 May 1847) was an English barrister and politician.

Early life and education

Adeane was the second but first surviving son of Robert Jones Adeane of

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, and Annabella Blake, daughter of

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, of Langham Hall, Suffolk. Although the Adeane family's alleged descent from the ancient noble Deyne or Dene family, of Wallingford, was included in their entry in Burke's Peerage, this was later omitted, as part of the company's endeavour to shed a reputation for inclusion of "apocryphal" family traditions, which were "expunged, erroneous particulars and incorrect descents discovered and omitted...".A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Colonial Gentry, Sir Bernard Burke, ed. Ashworth P. Burke, Harrison & Sons, London, 1895, p. 878 (end matter p. 2) He was the grandson of Gen.

James Whorwood Adeane James Whorwood Adeane (1740 – 15 April 1802), of Babraham, Cambridgeshire and Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, was an English Tory politician. He was the only son of Simon Adeane of Chalgrove and Mary Brydges, niece of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Cha ...

. He was educated at

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Career

Adeane became a member of

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in 1810 and the

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in 1813. He was called to the bar in 1814. He was a Whig

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(MP) of the

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for

1830 to 1832.

Family

Adeane married firstly, on 24 October 1822, Katharine Judith (1804 – 27 June 1825), daughter of John King of Aldenham House, Herts. They had two sons and one daughter: * Anne Adeane (1822–1900) unm. * Robert Jones Adeane (1825–1826) He married secondly, on 6 October 1828, Hon. Matilda Abigail Stanley, daughter of

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of Alderley Park, Cheshire. They had three sons and eight daughters: *Matilda Annabella Maria Adeane (1829 – 11 September 1853) *Robert Jones Adeane (9 September 1830 – 7 December 1853), died unmarried *

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(1833–1870), MP for Cambridgeshire, married Lady Elizabeth Philippa Yorke, daughter of the

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*Alethea Louisa Maria Adeane (1830–1923), married

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MP *Lucy Elizabeth Adeane (1832–1904), married Admiral Sir Edward Sotheby *Emmeline Augusta Adeane (1835 – 27 November 1930), married Rev. Thomas Erskine, rector of Steppingley, grandson of 1st Lord Erskine and great-grandson of the 10th Earl of Buchan *Admiral

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(1836–1902) married Lady Edith Isabella Dalzell, daughter of the

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*Isabel Adeane (1839–1913), married Robert Smith *Louisa Amabel Adeane (1841–1894), married John Martineau *Jane Henrietta Adeane (1842–1926), died unmarried *Constance Maria Josepha Adeane (1845–1918), married

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, and their eldest son was

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. *Frederic Carus Adeane (1847 – 5 December 1852), died young

References

1789 births 1847 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People from Babraham UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 Deputy Lieutenants of Cambridgeshire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Henry John Adeane 1789 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies {{England-UK-MP-stub