John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker

John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker (19 April 1752 – 4 December 1821) was a British peer and Member of Parliament (MP).

Biography

Henniker was the son of John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker, and Anne Major. He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge.^[1] He was elected to the House of Commons for New Romney in 1785, a seat he held until 1790, and then represented Steyning from 1794 to 1802. In 1803 he succeeded his father as second Baron Henniker but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. He instead returned to the House of Commons as the representative for Rutland in 1805, which he remained until 1812, and then sat for Stamford between 1812 and 1818. In 1792 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Major. Lord Henniker died in December 1821, aged 69, and was succeeded in his titles by his nephew John.

Notes

^ "Henniker, John (HNKR769J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

References

Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). "Henniker-Major, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ^{[page needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Henniker-Major

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir Edward Dering Richard Atkinson	Member of Parliament for New Romney 1785–1790 With: Sir Edward Dering 1785–1790 Richard Joseph Sullivan 1787–1790	Succeeded by Richard Joseph Sullivan Sir Elijah Impey
Preceded by John Curtis Samuel Whitbread	Member of Parliament for Steyning 1794–1801 With: Samuel Whitbread 1794–1796 James Martin Lloyd 1796–1801	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Steyning 1801–1802 With: James Martin Lloyd	Succeeded by James Martin Lloyd Robert Hurst
Preceded by Gerard Noel Edwards Lord Carbery	Member of Parliament for Rutland 1805–1812 With: Gerard Noel Edwards 1805–1808 Charles Noel Noel 1808–1812	Succeeded by Charles Noel Noel Sir Gilbert Heathcote
Preceded by Evan Foulkes Charles Chaplin	Member of Parliament for Stamford 1812–1818 With: Evan Foulkes	Succeeded by Lord Thomas Cecil William Henry Percy
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by John Henniker	Baron Henniker 1803–1821	Succeeded by John Minet Henniker-Major

[1] "Henniker, John (HNKR769J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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