Henry St John Halford 3Bt (1828 - 1897)

Born 9 Aug 1828 in Wistow, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 4 Jan 1897 at age 68 in Wistow, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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HALFORD, Sir HENRY ST. JOHN, third baronet (1828–1897), rifleman, born on 9 Aug. 1828, was the son of Sir Henry Halford, second baronet (1797–1868), M.P. for South Leicestershire from 1832 to 1857, by his wife Barbara, daughter of his uncle, Sir John Vaughan (1769–1839), by his wife and first cousin, Augusta St. John. Sir Henry Halford, first baronet, the physician, was his grandfather. Henry St. John Halford was at Eton from 1840 to 1845. He matriculated as a commoner of Merton College, Oxford, on 26 Nov. 1846, and graduated B.A. in 1849. At his father's death on 22 May 1868 he succeeded to the baronetcy. Thenceforth he chiefly resided at the family residence, Wistow Hall, Leicestershire.

Sources

• Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement, Vol. II

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