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HENLEY, ---; b.; at school in 1569, chorister (Chapter Muniments 54019); a pensioner (Widow Perryn).

HENLEY, ROBERT, 2ND EARL OF NORTHINGTON, second and only surviving son of Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (qv); b. 3 Jan 1746/7; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1770); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1763; MA 1766; played for OWW against Old Etonians in a cricket match on Moulsey Hurst Aug 1768 (Memoirs of William Hickey, i, 100); adm. Inner Temple 8 Feb 1754; a Teller of the Exchequer from 8 Apr 1763; Clerk of the Hanaper from 28 Nov 1771; MP Hampshire 1768 – 14 Jan 1772; Grand Tour (Italy) 1771-2; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Northington 14 Jan 1772; KT 18 Aug 1773; Lord Lieut., Ireland 30 Apr 1783 – 26 Feb 1784; Privy Councillor 30 Apr 1783; LLD Cambridge 3 Jul 1769, Trinity Coll. Dublin 21 Jun 1783; FSA 6 Mar 1777; travelling in Italy for health 1785-6; d. unm. at Paris 5 Jul 1786. DNB.

HENLEY, ROBERT, 1ST EARL OF NORTHINGTON, second son of Anthony Henley MP, The Grange, Hampshire, and Mary, dau. of Hon. Peregrine Bertie; b.; adm. (aged 12) Mar 1719/20; in under school list 1721; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Nov 1724; BA 10 Mar 1728/9; MA 1733; Fellow, All Souls Coll. Oxford 8 Nov 1727 [check]; adm. Inner Temple 1 Feb 1728/9, called to bar 23 Jun 1732, tenant chambers there from 1729, Bencher 1751; inherited family estates in Hampshire and Dorset from brother 1745; MP Bath 1747 – 30 Jun 1757; KC 12 Jul 1751; Solicitor-Gen. to George III when Prince of Wales 1751-4, Attorney-Gen. to Prince of Wales 1754-6; Attorney-Gen., 6 Nov 1756 – Jun 1757; knighted 6 Nov 1756; Lord Keeper of Great Seal 30 Jun 1757 – Jan 1761; Speaker of the House of Lords Jun 1757 – Jul 1766, although not a peer until Mar 1760; Privy Counsellor 30 Jun 1757; created Baron Henley 27 Mar 1760; Lord Chancellor 16 Jan 1761 – Jul 1766; created Earl of Northington 19 May 1764; presided as Lord High Steward at trials of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (qv), Apr 1760, and of William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (qv), May 1765; procured dismissal of Rockingham administration 1766; Lord President of the Council 30 Jul 1766 – 23 Dec 1767; DL Dorset 1757; Lord Lieut., Hampshire 20 Aug 1764 – 6 Feb 1771; m. 19 Nov 1743 Jane, dau. of Sir John Huband, Bart.; d. 14 Jan 1772. DNB.

HENLEY-ONGLEY, ROBERT, 2ND BARON ONGLEY (I), elder son of Robert Henley-Ongley, 1st Baron Ongley (I) MP, and Frances, dau. of Richard Gosfright, Langton Hall, Essex; b. 3 Oct 1771; adm. 10 May 1784; succ. father as 2nd Baron Ongley (I) 23 Oct 1785; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 29 Jun 1788; MA 1790; m. 11 Jul 1801 Frances, dau. of Maj. -Gen. Sir John Burgoyne, Bart.; d. 20 Aug 1814.

HENNE, FRANCIS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1643, Westminster Student Dec 1643 – void 7 May 1647.

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