Henry Poley (5 January 1654 – 7 August 1707) was an

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lawyer and Member of Parliament. He was the son of Sir Edmund Poley (1619–1671) who was MP for

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, and brother of Edmund Poley the diplomat. Poley matriculated at

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in 1672, and graduated B.A. in 1673, having been a fellow commoner since 1670. He was then a Fellow of the college to 1675. He entered

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in 1669, and the

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in 1672, being

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in 1678. He represented

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between 1689 and 1695, West Looe between 1703 and 1705, and

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from 1705 until his death in 1707.Poley, Henry (1654-1707), of Badley, Suff. and Lincoln's Inn, London
historyofparliamentonline.org. Accessed 30 November 2022. On 5 March 1707, Poley was reported to be "dangerously ill". He died on 7 August, aged 54, and was buried at

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