Henry Wallop (died 1642)
Sir Henry Wallop (18 October 1568 – 14 November 1642) of Farleigh House, Hampshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1597 and 1642.
Wallop was the eldest son of Sir Henry Wallop of Farleigh Wallop in Hampshire, vice-treasurer of Ireland, and his wife Katherine, daughter of Richard Gifford. He was educated at St John's College, Oxford, graduating BA in 1588. He acted as his father's deputy at Dublin, and was knighted there in August 1599.
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He had married c.1596 Elizabeth Corbet, the daughter and heiress of Robert Corbet of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, through whom he inherited Hopton Castle in Shropshire.[4] Wallop left an only son, Robert Wallop who was also a Parliamentarian MP and had the Castle garrisoned for Parliament.
References
- ^ "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ Wikisource for his son Robert Wallop
- ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ^ Augusta Brickdale Corbet, The Family of Corbet, Its Life and Times, p.239.