The Baron Stafford | |
|---|---|
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| Member of Parliament for Pontefract | |
| In office 1830–1834 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Houldsworth Le Gendre Starkie |
| Succeeded by | John Gully Viscount Pollington |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham 2 January 1802 |
| Died | 30 November 1884 (aged 82) Costessey Park, Norfolk |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouses | Julia Barbara Howard
(m. 1829; died 1856)Emma Eliza Gerard (m. 1859) |
| Relations | George Jerningham (brother) |
| Parent(s) | George Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford Frances Henrietta Sulyarde |
| Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham, 9th Baron Stafford DL (2 January 1802 – 30 November 1884), known as Henry Jerningham until 1824 and styled The Honourable Henry Stafford-Jerningham between 1824 and 1851, was a British peer and politician.
Background
Stafford was the son of George Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford, and Frances Henrietta Sulyarde, daughter of Edward Sulyarde of Haughley Park. His father had succeeded as seventh Baronet of Costessey in 1809.[1] After his mother's death in 1832, his father married Elizabeth Caton, second daughter Richard Caton and Mary Carroll Caton (a daughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton).[1]
In 1821, Henry was admitted to Magdalene College, Cambridge.[2] In 1824, his father managed to obtain a reversal of the attainder of the barony of Stafford (the attainder had been imposed on his ancestor William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford and 1st Baron Stafford in 1680). The family assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Stafford at the same time.[3]
Political career
Stafford was returned as a Whig to Parliament for Pontefract at the 1830 general election,[4] a seat he held until the dissolution of Parliament in December 1834;[5] he did not stand again at the 1835 general election.[6] In 1851 he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the House of Lords.[7]
Personal life
Lord Stafford was twice married. He married firstly Julia Barbara Howard on 12 February 1829. Julia was the second daughter of Elizabeth (née Maycock) Howard (daughter of William Maycock) and Edward Charles Howard, a younger brother of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk.[1]
After her death in November 1856, he married secondly to Emma Eliza Gerard on 12 September 1859. Emma was a daughter of Frederick Sewallis Gerard and Mary Anne (née Wilkinson) Gerard (daughter of Rev. Thomas Wilkinson).[1]
He died at the family seat of Costessey Park, Norfolk, in November 1884, aged 82, and was succeeded in the barony and baronetcy by his nephew, Augustus Frederick Fitzherbert Stafford-Jerningham.[1] After his death, Lady Stafford remarried to Basil Thomas Fitzherbert (father of Edward Fitzherbert, 13th Baron Stafford from his first marriage),[8] before her death in November 1912.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Stafford, Baron (E, 1640)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ↑ "Jerningham [post Stafford-Jerningham], Henry Valentine (JNNN821HV)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
- ↑ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 418. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 242. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ↑ Fraser, Antonia (2019). The King and the Catholics: England, Ireland, and the Fight for Religious Freedom, 1780-1829. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 263. ISBN 9780525564836. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ↑ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 1083. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Stafford-Jerningham
- Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham, 9th Baron Stafford at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
- Jerningham, Frances Dillon (1896). The Jerningham letters (1780-1843) Being excerpts from the correspondence and diaries of the Honourable Lady Jerningham and of her daughter Lady Bedingfeld. Volume I & II. Cornell University Library. London, R. Bentley and son.