Henry Belasyse (1604–1647)

Belasyse was the son of Thomas Belasyse, 1st Viscount Fauconberg and his wife Barbara Cholmeley.[2] He matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1615, and was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1619.[3]

In 1625 Belasyse was elected Member of Parliament for Thirsk until 1626.[4] In 1628 he was elected MP for Yorkshire and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament.[5] In April 1640, he was re-elected for Yorkshire in the Short Parliament,[6] and was elected for Yorkshire again in November 1640 for the Long Parliament.[7] He supported the King and was disabled from sitting in parliament in 1642.

Belasyse died at the age of 43,[8] predeceasing his father.[9]

Belasyse married Grace Barton, daughter of Sir Thomas Barton. They had the following children:[9]

• Thomas, who inherited the title Viscount Fauconberg from his grandfather in 1652, was created Earl of Fauconberg, and was ambassador to the Princes of Italy.[9]
• Henry, predeceased his father.[9]
• Roland, who was made a Knight of the Bath.[9]
• John, who died young.[9]
• Grace, who married George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton.[9][10]
• Frances, who married Sir Henry Jones of Oxford.[9]
• Arabella, who married Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet of Thirkley.[9]
• Barbara, who married Sir Walter Strickland.[9]

• Cracroft's Peerage. "Thomas [Belasyse], 1st Baron Fauconberg later 1st Viscount Fauconberg". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
• Gill, Thomas (1852). Vallis Eboracensis: comprising the history and antiquities of Easingwold. London: Simpkin and Marshal. p. 171–172.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Healy, Simon (2010). BELASYSE, Henry (1604-1647), of Oulston, nr. Thirsk, Yorks. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629. CUP. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
• Lundy, Darryl (10 January 2010). "Hon. Henry Belasyse". The Peerage. 18368.