Henry Etherington (1732 - 1819)

Born 1732 in Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Constantia (Cave) Etherington — married 1 Jun 1773 in Stanford upon Avon, Northamptonshire, England

Died 1819 at about age 87 in Ferriby, Hull, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Hetherington Name Study.

Henry Etherington was possibly the wealthiest of all of the Etheringtons, and became a noted philanthropist in Hull, donating 2000 pounds towards the establishment of the Hull Infirmary, where his portrait, mounted on a horse, still hangs. He served twice as the Mayor of Hull (1769 and 1785), was Chairman of the Board of Magistrates and was created a Baronet in 1775. He married 1 June 1773 at Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire, Lady Maria Constantia Cave (1745-1811), daughter of Sir Thomas Cave MP (baronet of Stanford Hall Leicestershire)^[1]. They had no children, and on his death, his estates descended to his great niece, Lady Mary Beauclerk, the only daughter of the Duke of St Albans, who married the Earl of Coventry.

He built Ferriby House a significant Georgian mansion west of Hull, in the 1780s.

Sources

1. ↑ Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Parish Registers, Bishops Transcripts 1707-1812. Original register transcript from Leicestershire Architectural Society, 'Stanford Church and its Registers, &c' by Revd WH Sandon, Vicar of Stanford-on-Avon and Swinford, read 2nd August 1883. Associated Architectural Societies' Reports and Papers, MDCCCLMMMIII Vol. XVII PT I: "No. 23 Henry Etherington of Kingston upon Hull in the County of York Esqr & Maria Constantia Cave of this Parish of Stanford-upon-Avon, in the County of Northampton, spinster, were married by Licence in the Parish Church of Stanford upon Avon aforesaid, this First day of June in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Three by me Charles Cave, Minister, & MA of Saint Mary's Hall, Oxon. This marriage was solemnized between us Henry Etherington, Maria Constantia Cave. In the presence of Sarah Whalley, F Skipwith." Note: No.22 is the marriage of Maria's sister Margaret to John Moses; Thomas Cave and Henry Etherington are witnesses."

• John Burke’s A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England London 1838 p 210, James J. Sheahan History and Description of the town and port of Kingston Upon Hull London 1864