Sir Henry Worsley, 2nd Baronet (1613 – 11 September 1666), was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1640 and from 1660 to 1666. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the

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. Worsley was the son of Sir Richard Worsley, 1st Baronet, and his wife Frances Neville, daughter of Sir Henry Neville of Billingbere, Berkshire. He inherited the Worsley baronetcy on the death of his father in 1621.John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> In April 1640, Worsley was elected Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) for the

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. He was re-elected for Newport in November 1640 for the

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and held the seat until he was excluded under

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in 1648.History of Parliament Online - Worsley, Sir Henry
/ref> He was

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in 1658. After the Restoration in 1660, Worsley was elected MP for Newtown and held the seat until his death in 1666. Worsley died at Compton Hampshire at the age of 53. Worsley married Bridget Wallop, daughter of Sir Henry Wallop in 1634. His son

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succeeded to the baronetcy.

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