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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.