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Sir Henry Bunbury, 7th Baronet Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, 7th Baronet (4 March 1778 – 13 April 1860) was a British soldier and historian. Life Sir Henry, son of the famous caricaturist, Henry William Bunbury and Catherine Horneck, was educated at Westminster, and served on ...

(1778 – 1860) , suc-type = , spouse = {{Plainlist, * Sarah Lennox (1762 – 1776) *Margaret Coxedge (1805 - 1807) *Sarah Rodwell (1807) , spouse-type = , issue-type = , issue = , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , native_name = , styles = , other_titles = , noble family = Bunbury baronets , house-type = , father = Rev. Sir William Bunbury, 5th Baronet , mother = Eleanor Graham , birth_name = , birth_date = May 1740 , birth_place = Mildenhall, Suffolk,

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, christening_date = , christening_place = , death_date = 14 April 1821 , death_place = York, Yorkshire,

, burial_date = , burial_place = , occupation = Horse breeder , memorials = , website = , module = Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet (May 1740 – 14 April 1821) was a British politician who sat in the

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between 1761 and 1812. He was the first husband of

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, and a breeder of

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racehorses.

History

Sir Charles Bunbury was born the eldest son of Reverend Sir William Bunbury, 5th Baronet, Vicar of

Mildenhall, Suffolk Mildenhall is a market town in the civil parishes in England, civil parish of Mildenhall High, in the West Suffolk District, West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The town is near the A11 road (Great Britain), A11, and is n ...

, and his wife Eleanor, daughter of Vere Graham, in May 1740. The caricaturist Henry Bunbury was his younger brother. He was educated at

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. Bunbury was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for

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in 1761, a seat he held until 1784, and again from 1790 to 1812. He was also High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1788.{{cite web, url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/bunbury-thomas-charles-1740-1821 , title= BUNBURY, Thomas Charles (1740–1821), of Barton, Suff. and Bunbury, Cheshire ., publisher= History of Parliament Online, accessdate = 3 December 2017 While serving as a Whig politician, Bunbury became a strong opponent of the

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.{{cite web , last1=Church , first1=Michael , title=Lord Derby & Sir Charles Bunbury , url=https://www.michaelchurchracingbooks.com/lord-derby-charles-bunbury/ , access-date=28 September 2023 He was also a supporter and ally of

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when the latter entered politics in 1768; Fox was the son of

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, and Lady Caroline Lennox, a daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond. Bunbury would become Fox's uncle by marriage. Bunbury married firstly

, another daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond - a grandson of King Charles II through his illegitimate son,

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- and one of the famous

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, on 2 June 1762. Their notorious marriage, which produced no children - although Sarah gave birth to a daughter fathered by her lover, Lord William Gordon, on 19 December 1768 - was dissolved by Act of Parliament on 14 May 1776, on the grounds of Sarah's adultery. He married secondly Margaret Cocksedge on 21 November 1805, again without children. Bunbury died in April 1821, aged 80, and was succeeded to the baronetcy by his nephew,

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. Margaret, Lady Bunbury, died in February 1822. Bunbury was an important, "crucial" figure in the field of

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and

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, and his horses included the

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winners Diomed,

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, and Smolensko. His racing silks were pink and white stripes. {{cite journal, last=Weatherby, first=Edward and James, journal=Racing Calendar, title=COLOURS WORN BY THE RIDERS OF THE FOLLOWING NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, &c., year=1801, volume=28, page=52, url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=jeMNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PP1 Bunbury also bred the

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and leading sire

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(1774 – 18 October 1793), one of the most important sons of Herod (April 1758 – 12 May 1780), the progenitor of the Byerley Turk sire line in the

horse breed.

Horses

* Gimcrack (b. 1760), bought by Sir Charles Bunbury in 1768, and then sold in 1769 to

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.{{cite web , title=Grimcrack , url=https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Gimcrack.htm , website=Thoroughbred Heritage Portraits , access-date=28 September 2023 *

(1774 - 1793), bred by Sir Charles Bunbury and sold as a yearling. * Diomed (1777 - 1808), bought by Sir Charles Bunbury and used at stud. Sold at age 21 in 1798. * Young Giantess (1790 - 1811), bred by Sir Charles Bunbury and used as a broodmare. *

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(1796 – 1821), bred by Sir Charles Bunbury. Replaced Diomed as Sir Charles' primary stud. *

(1798 – 1824), bred by Sir Charles Bunbury. Sold to a "Mr. Rush" at auction in 1822. * Smolensko (1810 – 10 January 1829), bred by Sir Charles Bunbury. Sold to Richard Wilson in 1822.

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References

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