Henry Lennard MP (1570 - 1616)

Born 25 Mar 1570 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Chrysogna (Baker) Lennard — married 21 May 1590 in St Stephen Walbrook, City of London, England

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1616 at age 46 in England

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Biography

Henry "12th Lord Dacre" Lennard was born on March 25, 1570 in England , the son of Sampson Lennard and Margaret Fiennes, 11th Baroness Dacre. He was the brother of Thomas Lennard.

Henry was a politician. He was the Member of Parliament for West Looe 1597–1598 and Baron Dacre. He was knighted by the Earl of Essex at the capture of Cadiz in 1596.

Henry married in 1589 Chrysogona Baker, daughter of Sir Richard Baker, of Sissinghurst, co. Kent, by his second wife Mary Giffard, daughter of John Giffard.

Children of Sir Henry Lennard, 12th Lord Dacre and Chrysogona Baker ^[1]

1. Richard Lennard, 13th Lord Dacre, b. Apr 1596, d. 18 Aug 1630
2. Margaret Lennard bap 27 Oct 1594 at Sevenoaks married Sir A. Wildgoose of Iridge Place, Salehurst
3. Philadelphia Lennard born about 1597 married Sir Thomas Parker of Ratton, Willingdon, Sussex
4. Fynes Lennard bap 27 Dec 1597 at Sevenoaks
5. Pembroke Lennard bap 5 July 1602 married Sir William Brook, K.B. of Cowling Castle, Kent d. 1643
6. Edward Lennard bap 17 Nov 1611
7. Barbara Lennard married 6 Feb 1637/38 to Sir P. Stapleton, widower

Henry died on August 8, 1616 in England.

Sources

1. ↑ "An account of the families of Lennard and Barrett' 'by Thomas Barrett-Lennard, published 1908 p 243 https://archive.org/details/accountoffamilie01barr

See also:

• Wikipedia: Henry Lennard, 12th Baron Dacre

• An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett by Thomas Barrett Lennard (1908).

• Cracrofts Peerage Henry Lennard, 12th Baron Dacre.

• The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant Author: Cokayne, George E. (George Edward), 1825-191. Publisher: London : The St. Catherine press, ltd 1910. Page 12 & 13 # XIII 1616.

• History of Parliament online [1]

• Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, pp 12, Fynes & 23, Parker.