Captain
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Sir Henry Onslow, 2nd Baronet (23 April 1784 – 13 September 1853) was a British baronet and son of
Sir Richard Onslow, 1st Baronet
Admiral Sir Richard Onslow, 1st Baronet (23 June 1741 – 27 December 1817) was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Naval career
He was the younger son of Lt-Gen. Richard Onslow and his wife Pooley, ...
, whose baronetcy he succeeded on 27 December 1817. He was also Captain in the
Royal Artillery
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises t ...
.
Onslow was born at
Bramdean, Hampshire on 23 April 1784, the seventh and youngest child of Admiral Sir
Richard Onslow.
Onslow married Caroline Bond and had four daughters and five sons, including the third and fourth Baronets. He died on 13 September 1853 at
Steyning
Steyning ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Horsham District, Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, north of the coastal town of Shoreha ...
, West Sussex, and is buried in the churchyard at All Saints parish church,
Chitterne
Chitterne is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The village lies in the middle of Salisbury Plain, about east of the town of Warminster.
The Chitterne Brook, a small ...
, Wiltshire.
1784 births
1853 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain
Royal Artillery officers
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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