Henry Ireton (c. 1652 – 1711), of Williamstrip, Gloucestershire, was an English Army officer, landowner and Whig politician who sat in the

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and

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between 1698 and 1711. Ireton was the only son of General Henry Ireton of Attenborough, Nottinghamshire and his wife Bridget Cromwell, daughter of

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. He succeeded his father in 1651. In 1684, he was accused of being involved in the Rye House Plot and escaped to Holland after a warrant was issued for his arrest. When he returned to England in April 1685, he was arrested at Harwich, where he was kept in custody until his escape on 19 May. He was subsequently recaptured and imprisoned in

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. He was charged high treason before the King on 26 September 1685 but was eventually pardoned on 19 April 1686. He married Katherine Powle, daughter of

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, (MP). Ireton was an Equerry to King William from 1689 to 1702, and gentleman of the horse from June 1691 to 1702, and served in the wars in Holland. After 1689 he became a captain in Colonel Godfrey's Horse and in 1693 a major in the ist Troop of Horse Guards. On the death of his father-in-law in 1692, he acquired estates including Williamstrip. He was lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel of the

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from 1694 to 1704. In 1696, he became a Commissioner for taking subscriptions to the land bank. At the

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, Ireton stood for Parliament at

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where he was unknown and when he was on active service and was soundly defeated. However at the

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, he was returned as Member of Parliament for Cirencester unopposed. He was returned again at the

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. At the

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he was returned instead as MP for Tewkesbury.IRETON, Henry (c.1652-1711), of Williamstrip, Glos.
History of Parliament. Retrieved 9 June 2018. Ireton died without issue on 14 December 1711, aged 59. He was buried near his estate at Quenington.

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* Members of the Parliament of England for Cirencester Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Cirencester Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Tewkesbury 1650s births English MPs 1698–1700 English MPs 1701 English MPs 1705–1707 British MPs 1707–1708 British MPs 1708–1710 British MPs 1710–1713 Year of birth uncertain 1711 deaths {{1698-England-MP-stub