Henry Woodhouse (c. 1545 – 8 October 1624), of
Hickling and
Waxham
Waxham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sea Palling, in the North Norfolk district, on the north-east coast of the county of Norfolk, England. Buildings in the village include Waxham Hall, the 14th-century St. John's C ...
, Norfolk, was an English politician.
Woodhouse was the son of
William Woodhouse and his first wife Anne Repps. He was born around 1545.
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Woodhouse was a Member of Parliament (MP) for ]Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...
in 1572 and 1589.
Woodhouse first married Anne Bacon, daughter of Nicholas Bacon. His second wife was Cecily Gresham, daughter of Thomas Gresham.[ His children included Henry Woodhouse, who was governor of Bermuda, and ]Mary Woodhouse
Mary Woodhouse, Lady Killigrew (d. 1656), musician and correspondent of Constantijn Huygens, was the daughter of Henry Woodhouse (MP) of Hickling and Waxham, and Anne Bacon, daughter of Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper), Sir Nicholas Bacon. (Without su ...
. History of Parliament Online - Robert Killigrew
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Woodhouse died on 8 October 1624.[
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References
1540s births
1624 deaths
English MPs 1572–1583
English MPs 1589
People from Hickling, Norfolk
Members of the Parliament of England for Norfolk
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