Sir Henry Pickering, 2nd Baronet ( – 7 May 1705) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1685 to 1689, and later settled in Barbados, where he played a prominent part in the island's government. Pickering was the son of

Sir Henry Pickering, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Pickering, 1st Baronet (died 4 March 1668) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War. Biography Pickering was the son of Rev. Henry Pic ...

of Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, and his wife Elizabeth Viner, daughter of Sir Thomas Viner, 1st Baronet, and his first wife Anne Parsons.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 3''
/ref> He was educated at

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(1672) and the

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(1674). He succeeded his father in 1668, inheriting his Whaddon estate. He was appointed

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for 1683–84 and deputy lieutenant for Cambridgeshire from 1685 to his death. He was a member of the

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assembly in 1693–94 and a member of the Barbados council from 1705 to his death. Pickering was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Morpeth in 1685 and sat until 1689. He sat later for

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from 1698 until his death. He married twice: firstly Philadelphia, the daughter of

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of East Hatley, Cambridgeshire, with whom he had 3 daughters and secondly Grace, the daughter and coheiress of Constant Sylvester of Barbados. He died in Barbados in 1705 and was buried at Whaddon. His widow sold the Whaddon estate in 1716.

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* 1650s births 1705 deaths Colony of Barbados people People from Morpeth, Northumberland Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Members of the Inner Temple Year of birth uncertain Pickering, 2nd Baronet

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