Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hanmer, (23 January 1789 – 2 February 1868) was an English

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politician who sat in the

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from 1831 to 1837. Hanmer was the fifth son of

Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet (1612 – 1678) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and from 1669 to 1678. He was a Royalist during the English Civil War and raised troops for Charles I. In his personal life, he was a ...

of Hanmer, Bettisfield Park in

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, and his wife Margaret Kenyon daughter of George Kenyon of Peel Hall Leicestershire. He was educated at

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and

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. He became a

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in the

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in 1808 and in 1813 was Aide-de-camp to Sir Rowland Hill at

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and at the

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. He reached the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He was a J.P. and deputy lieutenant for Bedfordshire, BuckinghamshireRobert Gibbs '' A History of Aylesbury''
/ref> and Berkshire. At the 1831 general election Hanmer was elected member of parliament (MP) for Westbury, but

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the seat shortly afterwards. After the

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, he was elected at the 1832 general election as MP for

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, and held the seat until he retired in

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. In 1854 Hanmer became

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. Hanmer died at the age of 79. He had married Sarah Serra Ximenes, daughter of Sir

Morris Ximenes Sir Morris Ximenes (1762–1837), also known as Moses Ximenes, was a captain in the British Army and Berkshire landowner who had converted to Anglicanism from Judaism. Biography Morris was born in London about 1762. He was a member of the London ...

Bear Place Bear Place is an English country house. It is a historic Grade II* listed building. The house is located northeast of Wargrave, Berkshire. History The house was built in 1784–1785 for David Ximenes, Senior, father of David Ximenes and Morris X ...

, Berkshire. They lived at Stockgrove Park, Leighton Buzzard.

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