Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet (1773– 31 July 1829) was a British diplomat,

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and

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. He was created a

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on 22 February 1828. Henry was a natural son of

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Henry Fane, Clerk to

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, a younger son of

Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland (March 1701 – 25 November 1771) was an English politician and peer. He was an ancestor of the writer George Orwell. Biography Thomas Fane was the second son of Henry Fane of Brympton d'Evercy in Somerse ...

. He was brought up with the rest of Fane's children as a supposed distant relative, but when Chamberlain expressed interest in one of Fane's daughters (his half sister), he was informed of his true parentage and posted to Portugal in 1829 to become consul general, sailing on board HMS ''Briton''. On 1 January 1795 he married firstly Elizabeth Harrod, of

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, and in 1813 they were divorced by an Act of Parliament. Their children were: * Sir Henry Chamberlain, 2nd Baronet (2 October 1796 – 8 September 1843) * William Augustus Chamberlain (1797–1806) * Eliza Caroline Chamberlain (d. 11 December 1887), who on 2 December 1819 married

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Charles Orlando Bridgeman Vice-Admiral Charles Orlando Bridgeman (5 February 1791 – 13 April 1860) was a Royal Navy officer who saw active service in the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence. Life Bridgeman was a younger son of Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Ea ...

RN (died 13 April 1860), second son of

Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford (19 March 1762 – 7 September 1825) was a British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1800. Early life Bridgeman was the son of the Henry Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford, 1st ...

. On 5 June 1813 Henry Chamberlain married secondly Anne Eugenia, a daughter of William Morgan. Their children were: * Anne Beresford Chamberlain (born 1815, Rio de Janeiro) * Harriett Mary Chamberlain (born 1816, Rio de Janeiro) *

William Charles Chamberlain Rear-Admiral William Charles Chamberlain (21 April 1818 – 27 February 1878) was a rear admiral in the Royal Navy. Family He was the eldest son of the diplomat Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet, by his second wife Anne Eugenia née Morgan. Cha ...

(21 April 1818 – 1878), born Rio de Janeiro

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, R.N. * Neville Bowles Chamberlain (10 January 1820 – 1902), born Rio de Janeiro,

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, British Army * Crawford Trotter Chamberlain (1821–1902), General of the Indian Staff Corps * Thomas H. Chamberlain (13 September 1822), born Rio de Janeiro * Charles Francis Falcon Chamberlain (1826–1870), Lieutenant-Colonel in the

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Sources

* * * Baptismal Register of Christ Church, Rio de Janeiro

Footnotes

1773 births 1829 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Consuls for the United Kingdom

Henry Henry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters * Henry (surname) * Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone Arts and entertainmen ...

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