Sir Henry Bunbury, 7th Baronet
- Sir Henry Bunbury, 7th Baronet
Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, 7th Baronet (4 March 1778 – 13 April 1860), was a British soldier.
Sir Henry, son of the famous caricaturist, Henry William Bunbury, he was educated at Westminster, and served in the army from 1795-1809 in which he distinguished himself at the Battle of Maida in 1806. He served as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1809-16. He was promoted to the rank of Major-General and awarded the KCB in 1815. He was responsible for informing Napoleon of his sentence of deportation to St Helena. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General.
He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1821 on the death of his uncle.
He was an active Member of Parliament for Suffolk from 1830 to 1832, and the author of several historical works of value;
His second son, Sir Edward Herbert Bunbury, also a member of parliament, was well known as a geographer and archaeologist, and author of a "History of Ancient Geography".
Another son Henry William St Pierre Bunbury was an explorer in Western Australia. [Cara Cammilleri, [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010160b.htm Bunbury, Henry William St Pierre (1812 - 1875)] , Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition, Australian National University, ISSN 1833-7538, accessed December 28 2006]
References
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Sir Edward Bunbury, 9th Baronet — Sir Edward Herbert Bunbury, 9th Baronet (8 July 1811 5 March 1895), known as Edward Bunbury until 1886, was a British Liberal politician.Bunbury was the second son of Sir Henry Bunbury, 7th Baronet, and the grandson of Henry Bunbury. His mother… … Wikipedia
Henry Bunbury — For his son, see Sir Henry Bunbury, 7th Baronet Henry William Bunbury (1750 7 May 1811), was an English caricaturist.The second son of Sir William Bunbury, 5th Baronet (see Bunbury Baronets), of Mildenhall, Suffolk, he came of an old Norman… … Wikipedia
Sir David Dundas, 1st Baronet — General Sir David Dundas Born 1735 Edinburgh, Kingdom of Great Britain … Wikipedia
Bunbury Baronets — The Bunbury Baronetcy, of Stanney Hall in the County of Chester, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 29 June 1681 for Thomas Bunbury, Sheriff of Cheshire from 1673 to 1674 and the member of an ancient Cheshire family. His… … Wikipedia
Norman Stronge — The Right Honourable Sir Norman Stronge MC PC JP Sir Norman Stronge wearing the Speaker s wig Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons … Wikipedia
List of former pupils of Westminster School — The following people were educated at Westminster School, and are sometimes listed with OW (Old Westminster) after their name (collectively, OWW) There are over 900 Old Westminsters listed in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography so these… … Wikipedia
Carlow County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) — Carlow Former County constituency Created () Post Union Carlow County Type Irish House of Commons Carlow County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800 … Wikipedia
Australian peers — Australians, then being British subjects, were originally eligible to receive British Imperial Honours. Such honours included peerages, which at that time were all hereditary and automatically meant membership of the House of Lords neither of… … Wikipedia
