Sir Henry Peyton, 2nd Baronet (1779–1854), of Doddington,

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and Swift's House,

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was an English politician. He was the eldest son of

Sir Henry Peyton, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Dashwood Peyton, 1st Baronet (1736–1789), of Doddington, Cambridgeshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1782 to 1789. Peyton was born Henry Dashwood, the eldest son of George Dashwood and his wife Ma ...

of Doddington, whom he succeeded in 1789. He was educated at

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(1790–1795) and

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(1797–1799). He was elected

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(MP) of the

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for

in a by-election in May 1802 but did not stand in that year's general election. He was appointed

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for 1808–1809. He was a notable carriage driver and a founder member of the Four Horse Club. He is mentioned in two novels by Georgette Heyer, '' The Reluctant Widow'' and ''

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''. He married Harriet, the daughter of James Fitzhugh of

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, Middlesex and the widow of James Bradshaw of Portland Place. They had one surviving son,

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