Henry Cartwright (1 September 1814 – 26 July 1890) was a

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Conservative Party politician. Cartwright was the second of five children of former

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and

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and Conservative MP

William Ralph Cartwright William Ralph Cartwright (30 March 1771 – 4 January 1847) was an English landowner and Tory Party, Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons between 1797 and 1846. Life Cartwright was the son of ...

and Julia Frances Aubrey, daughter of Richard Aubrey. He married Jane Holbech, daughter of former

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MP William Holbech, in 1853 at Farnborough in

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. After education at

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, Cartwright first joined the army as an ensign in the

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in 1832, rising to captain in 1846, and colonel in 1854. He sold out in 1857. Cartwright followed his father into politics when he was elected MP for South Northamptonshire at a by-election in 1858. He held the seat until he stood down in 1868.

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* Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 1814 births 1890 deaths {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1810s-stub