Henry Perrot (29 September 1689 – 6 January 1740), of Northleigh, Oxfordshire, was a British Tory politician who sat in the

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from 1721 to 1740. Perrot was the eldest son of James Perrot of Northleigh and his wife Anne. His father was nicknamed "Golden Perrot" because of his wealth. He came from a staunchly royalist family which had long connections with the University of Oxford. He married as his second wife on 2 April 1719, Martha Bouchier, daughter of Brereton Bouchier of Barnsley, Gloucestershire, and a niece of

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. He succeeded his father in 1725. Perrot was returned unopposed as a Tory Member of Parliament for

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at a by-election on 17 May 1721. He was returned unopposed again at the general elections of

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and

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. He voted consistently against the Administration, and became involved in Jacobite intrigues. In the winter of 1737, he went to the south of France, where he met the exiled

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. In August 1738 at the meeting of the High Borlase Society in Oxford, he proposed authorizing the Duke of Ormonde to represent them at any foreign court, to obtain whatever help they thought necessary to achieve a Stuart restoration. In time the Society decided against such a course of action. Perrot had been suffering from gout and died near Paris on 6 January 1740. He left Northleigh to his brother, Thomas, and the rest of his property to his two daughters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perrot, Henry 1689 births 1740 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1715–1722 British MPs 1722–1727 British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741