Sir Henry Bunbury, 3rd Baronet (29 November 1676 – 12 February 1733) of Stanney Hall, Cheshire was a

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politician who sat in the

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and

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for 27 years from 1700 to 1727. At the time of the

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in 1714 he was a

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, but later offered support to the Jacobites.

Early life and family

Bunbury was the son of Sir Henry Bunbury, 2nd Baronet and his wife Mary Eyton, daughter of Sir Kenrick Eyton. In 1687, aged only eleven, he succeeded his father as

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. Bunbury was educated at

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. On 15 May 1699, he married Susannah Hanmer, only surviving daughter of William Hanmer (the second son of

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), and had by her four sons and five daughters.

Career

Bunbury was

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in 1699. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for

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at the two contested elections in January and December 1701. Thereafter he was returned unopposed in 1702, 1705,

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and

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. In 1711, he was appointed Commissioner of the Revenue for Ireland. He was returned unopposed as a Tory at the 1713 general election and re-elected in a contest at Chester in the 1715 general election. In spite of the change of government, he initially held his Irish post, but after he was found with seditious pamphlets and engaged in Jacobite correspondence in May 1715 he was removed from the post in September. He was re-elected at the 1722 general election but was defeated in

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Death and legacy

Bunbury died in 1733 and was buried in Stoke, Chester four days later. He was succeeded in the baronetcy successively by his sons

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and William. His daughter Isabella married General John Lee, and was mother of Continental General Charles Lee.

References

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