Henry Parkman Sturgis (1 March 1847 – 1 March 1929) was an American-born banker in

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and a Liberal politician.

Early life

Sturgis was born in the United States on 1 March 1847. He was a son of

Russell Sturgis Russell Sturgis (; October 16, 1836 – February 11, 1909) was an American architect and art critic of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1870. Sturgis was born in Baltimore Count ...

and his third wife, Julia Overing Boit, a daughter of Eleanor Auchmuty (née Jones) Boit and John Boit Jr., one of the first Americans involved in the maritime fur trade. Among his siblings were the authors

Julian Sturgis Julian Russell Sturgis (21 October 1848 – 13 April 1904) was an American-born British novelist, poet, librettist, lyricist, and footballer. Educated at Eton College, Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, Sturgis distinguished himself in Eton's ...

and Howard Sturgis''The New York Review of Books''
/ref> and Mary Greene Hubbard Sturgis (wife of Bertram Falle, 1st Baron Portsea). From his father's previous marriage to Mary Greene Hubbard, his elder half-brother was prominent architect and builder

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. Sturgis was named after his uncle, Henry Parkman Sturgis (1806–1869), who with his brother

(1805–1887) made a fortune from the Manila-based mercantile house Russell & Sturgis founded with

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. His cousin Maria Trinidad Howard Sturgis Middlemore was an author.

Education and career

Sturgis was educated at Eton and at

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. He became a partner in Baring Bros. & Co. of Liverpool (his father was senior partner in London) and was a director of London and Westminster Bank. In the 1885 general election, Sturgis was elected Member of Parliament for

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but lost the seat in the 1886 general election. He was

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in 1896.

Personal life

On 2 October 1872, Sturgis was married to the Hon. Mary Cecilia Brand (1851–1886) at Parish Church in Glynde. Mary was a daughter of Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden (son of

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) and the former Eliza Ellice (daughter of General Robert Ellice). Before her death on 20 June 1886, they were the parents of six children, including: * Margery Sturgis (b. 1874) * Rachel Sturgis (b. 1876) * Olive Sturgis (b. 1878) * Lt.-Col. Henry Russell Sturgis (1879–1967), who married Violet Elizabeth Grinnell-Milne, a sister of Duncan Grinnell-Milne, in 1913. * Mary Sturgis (1886–1982), who married William Fortescue Basset, a son of Richard Bassett, in 1910. On 17 July 1896, Sturgis married Marie "Mariette" Eveleen Meredith (1871–1933), the daughter of the novelist

George Meredith George Meredith (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first, his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but Meredith gradually established a reputation as a novelist. '' ...

. Sturgis died on 1 March 1929.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sturgis, Henry 1847 births 1929 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 High sheriffs of the County of London American emigrants to England Sturgis family Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for South Dorset