Sir Henry North, 1st Baronet (c 1609 – 29 August 1671) was an English politician who sat in the

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variously between 1656 and 1671. North was the son of Sir Roger North of Mildenhall and his wife, Elizabeth Gilbert, daughter of Sir John Gilbert of Great Finborow, Suffolk.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> In 1656, North was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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. In 1660, North was elected MP for Suffolk in the Convention Parliament. He was created

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of Mildenhall on 14 June 1660. He was re-elected MP for Suffolk in 1661 for the

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and sat until his death in 1671. In 1664 he was

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of a foot regiment of the

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.Jeremy Ive, 'The Local Dimensions of Defence: the Standing Army and Militia in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, 1649–1660', Cambridge University PhD Thesis, 1987, pp. 230–3.
/ref> North married Sarah Rayney, daughter of John Rayney of West Malling, Kent. He was succeeded by his son

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. His daughter Peregrina married William Hanmer and was the mother of

Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet (24 September 1677 – 7 May 1746) was Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1714 to 1715, discharging the duties of the office with conspicuous impartiality. His second marriage was the subject o ...

, Speaker of the House of Commons.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:North, Henry 1600s births 1671 deaths People from Mildenhall, Suffolk Year of birth uncertain Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1656–1658 English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679 Suffolk Militia officers