Henry Lennard, 12th Baron Dacre
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Henry Lennard (1570 – 8 August 1616) was an English politician and Baron of Dacre.
Life
[edit]Lennard was the son of Margaret Fiennes, who was Baroness Dacre, and Sampson Lennard and was baptised on 25 March 1570[2] at Chevening, Kent.[3]
Lennard took part in the Capture of Cadiz in 1596 and was knighted by in June 1596 Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex, after the capture of the city.[3]
Lennard was a Member of Parliament (MP) for West Looe in 1597–1598. He successfully claimed the barony of Dacre on his mother's death in 1612.[2]
Lennard married, in 1589, Chrysogona Baker, daughter of Richard Baker of Sissinghurst. They had seven children: Richard, Fynes, Edward, Margaret, Philadelphia, Pembroke, and Barbara. Margaret married Annesley Wildgoose, Philadelphia married Thomas Parker,[4][better source needed] Pembroke married William, Lord Cobham, and Barbara married Philip Stapleton.
Lennard lived extravagantly and was forced to sell some of his lands. He died of a fever on 8 August 1616,[2] and was buried at Chevening the next day. His widow was buried 30 September 1616. He was succeeded as baron by his son Richard.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory. London. p. 601.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c "Lennard, Sir Henry (1570-1616), of Chevening, Kent and Hurstmonceaux Castle, Suss". Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ a b c Cockayne, G. E. (2000) [1916]. Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The Complete Peerage. Vol. IV (Microprint ed.). Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 0-904387-82-8.
- ^ Barrett-Lennard, Thomas (1908). An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett. privately printed. p. 243.
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