Sir Henry Pickering, 1st Baronet (died 4 March 1668) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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in 1654. He fought in the

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army in the

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Biography

Pickering was the son of Rev. Henry Pickering DD, rector of Aldwinckle, Northamptonshire. In 1645 he was colonel of foot in the

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. He purchased the estate of Whaddon in 1648 and was

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from 1648 to 1649. In 1654 he was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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. He was re-elected MP for Cambridgeshire in 1656 for the

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. He was knighted by

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at Whitehall on 1 February 1658. In 1659 he was re-elected MP for Cambridgeshire in the

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. After the Restoration, he was created

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by King Charles II on 2 January 1661.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 3''
/ref> Pickering died at Whaddon in 1668.

Family

Pickering married Elizabeth Viner, daughter of Sir Thomas Viner, 1st Baronet and his first wife Anne Parsons, at Hackney on 19 July 1647. He was succeeded by his son

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pickering, Henry Year of birth missing 1668 deaths Pickering, 1st Baronet Parliamentarian military personnel of the English Civil War

English MPs 1654–1655 English MPs 1656–1658 English MPs 1659 People from Aldwincle Military personnel from Northamptonshire