Henry Washington (Royalist)

Colonel
Henry Washington
BornMarch 1615
DiedMarch 1664(1664-03-00) (aged 48–49)
Resting placeRichmond, Surrey
Occupation(s)Royalist (Cavalier), officer
Spouse(s)Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Pakington, 1st Baronet
Childrenfour daughters

Colonel Henry Washington (March 1615 – March 1664) was an officer in the Royalist army during the English Civil War.

Biography

Washington, baptised 21 March 1615,[1] was the son of Sir William Washington and Anne, daughter of Sir George Villiers (c. 1550–1605).[2]

Washington fought in the English Civil War and was Governor of Worcester in 1646.[3] He died in March 1664,[4] and was buried at Richmond, Surrey.[3]

Family

Washington married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Pakington, 1st Baronet.[5] Elizabeth survived Washington and married Samuel Sandys of Ombersley. Washington and Elizabeth had four daughters who survived him, Mary (died 1681), Cathrine whose married name was Forster, and two others.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Lundy 2011, p. 47770 $477694 cites Mosley & Mosley 1994, p. 50
  2. ^ Lundy 2011, pp. 10563 $105624, 47770 $477694 cites Mosley & Mosley 1994, p. 50 and Mosley 2003, p. 2095
  3. ^ a b c Waters 1889, p. 35.
  4. ^ Lundy 2011, p. 47770 $477694 cites Mosley & Mosley 1994, p. 50
  5. ^ Lundy 2011, p. 47770 $477694 cites Mosley 2003, p. 1757

References

  • Lundy, Darryl (11 September 2011), "Henry Washington", The Peerage, pp. 10563 $105624, 47770 $477694
    • Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107th in 3 volumes ed.), Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books)
    • Mosley, Charles; Mosley, Hugh Brogan, eds. (1994), American Presidential Families, London: Alan Sutton and Morris Genealogical Books, p. 50
  • Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert (1889), An examination of the English ancestry of George Washington, ..., Boston: New England historic genealogical society, p. 35, OCLC 4531668


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