Sir Henry Felton, 2nd Baronet

Sir Henry Felton, 2nd Baronet (27 July 1619 - 20 October 1690) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1656 and 1679.

Biography

Felton was the son of Sir Henry Felton, 1st Baronet of Playford, Suffolk and his wife Dorothy Gawdy daughter of Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1624.^[1]

In 1656, Felton was elected Member of Parliament for Suffolk in the Second Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Suffolk in 1659 to the Third Protectorate Parliament.^[2]

In 1660, Felton was elected MP for Suffolk in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679.^[2]

Felton died at the age of 71.

Family

Felton married Susannah Tollemache, daughter of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet. They had five sons, three of whom succeeded to the baronetcy and three daughters.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Sir Henry Felton, 2nd Baronet

16. Thomas Felton               8. Thomas Felton (-1579)                       17. Cecilia Seckford               4. Anthony Felton (1530-1614)                             18. Richard Cavendish               9. Mary Cavendish                       19. Beatrice Gould               2. Sir Henry Felton (-1624)                                   20. Lord John Grey               10. Henry, 1st Lord Grey of Groby                       21. Mary Browne               5. Elizabeth Grey                             22. William, 2nd Lord Windsor               11. Anne Windsor (1542-1605)                       23. Margaret Sambourne               1. `Sir Henry Felton                                         24. Robert Bacon               12. Sir Nicholas Bacon                       25. Isabel Cage               6. Sir Nicholas Bacon, Bt                             26. William Ferneley               13. Jane Ferneley (-1552)                       27. Anne Daundy               3. Dorothy Bacon (1575-1621)                                   28. Sir William Butts               14. Edmund Butts (-1609)                       29. Margaret Bacon               7. Anne Butts (-1616)                             30. Henry Bures               15. Anne Bures (-1609)                       31. Margery Waldegrave

References

1. John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies
2. History of Parliament Online - Fenton, Sir Henry 2nd Bt.