Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet, of Hutton le Forest

Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet (April 1661 19 May 1712)[1] was an English baronet and politician.

He was the oldest son of Sir George Fletcher, 2nd Baronet and his first wife Alice Hare, daughter of Hugh Hare, 1st Baron Coleraine.[2] In 1700, he succeeded his father as baronet.[3] Fletcher was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 10 June 1678.[4] He entered the English House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cockermouth in 1689, representing the constituency until the following year.[5]

Fletcher converted to Roman Catholicism[6] and lived then as a monk in the English monastery of Douai in France. He died there, unmarried and childless, and was buried in a chapel, he had built for the community at his own expense.[2] With his death the baronetcy became extinct.[3]

References

  1. "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  2. Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 202.
  3. Courthope, William (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England. London: G. Woodfall. p. 79.
  4. "ThePeerage - Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Bt". Retrieved 3 January 2007.
  5. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Cockermouth". Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  6. "Hutton-in-the-Forest, Official website - Sir Henry Fletcher 3rd Bt". Archived from the original on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Daniel Fleming
Sir Orlando Gee
Member of Parliament for Cockermouth
1689 1690
With: Sir Henry Capell
Succeeded by
Sir Wilfrid Lawson
Sir Orlando Gee
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
George Fletcher
Baronet
(of Hutton le Forest)
1700 1712
Extinct


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