Sir Henry Glemham (died 30 August 1632) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1593 and 1622. Little Glemham - Little Glemham Hall

Glemham was the eldest son of Thomas Glemham of

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, Suffolk and his wife Amy Parker, daughter of

Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley (1476/1480/14813 December 1553/1556), (notes to Parliamentary records show this as 25 November 1556) was an English peer and translator, Lord of Morley, Hingham, Hockering, &c., in Norfolk. He was the son of Ali ...

. He was a minor when he inherited the estate of Glemham on the death of his father in 1571. He entered

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in 1585. He was knighted in 1591. In 1593, he was elected

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for

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. He was re-elected MP for Lewes in 1597. History of Parliament Online - Henry Glemham
/ref> In 1600 Glemham obtained a licence to travel abroad and visited Rome to help his fellow-countrymen. When he arrived in Rome, he was imprisoned as a suspected spy and only released through the efforts of the Jesuit Robert Persons. Queen Elizabeth heard of Glemham's meeting with Persons, and Glemham was put in the Fleet Prison on his return to England. Glemham's father in law Lord Buckhurst intervened and Glemham was eventually released. In 1601 he was elected

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for

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. He was a J.P. for Suffolk and commissioner for musters in 1601. In 1604 he was elected Member of Parliament for

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and was a Deputy Lieutenant by 1613. In 1614 he was elected a Member for

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and was elected again for Aldeburgh in 1621. Glemham married Lady Anne Sackville, a daughter of

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, by 1589. Lady Anne and her sister Mary Nevill and friends including Elizabeth Grey had a high reputation for learning, which John Chamberlain satirically suggested was due to their admirers. When they came to visit Ware Park in April 1606, he described them as a throng of "complete women for learning, language, and all other rare qualities - if you may believe their servants, that set them out as if they were to be sold."Norman McClure, ''Letters of John Chamberlain'', vol. 1 (Philadelphia, 1939), p. 227. They had two sons,

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and Henry, and three daughters. One daughter, Anne, married Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning, and was the grandmother of King Charles II's mistress

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Glemham, Henry Year of birth missing 1632 deaths Members of the Inner Temple People from Lewes People from Suffolk Coastal (district) English MPs 1593 English MPs 1597–1598 English MPs 1601 English MPs 1604–1611 English MPs 1614 English MPs 1621–1622 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Ipswich