Humphrey Senhouse (politician)

For the British naval officer, see Humphrey Fleming Senhouse.

Humphrey Senhouse (1731–1814) was a British Tory[1] politician from a Cumberland family.

He was the eldest son of Humphrey Senhouse (1705–1770), a landowner and High Sheriff who had founded the port of Maryport,[2] and the heiress Mary, daughter of Sir George Fleming, Bt, Bishop of Carlisle.

Humphrey junior was elected at a by-election in 1786 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cockermouth,[1] which was generally regarded as a pocket borough. He held that seat until the 1790 general election, when he was returned as an MP for Cumberland.[3] He did not contest the seat at the 1796 general election[3]

He had married in 1768 Catherine, the daughter of Thomas Wood, of Beadnell, Northumberland; they had one surviving child, another Humphrey.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 55. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  2. ^ Angus J. L. Winchester, ‘Senhouse, Humphrey (1705–1770)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  3. ^ a b Stooks Smith, page 51
  4. ^ "Family of Senhouse". Retrieved 12 March 2011.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cockermouth
1786 – 1790
With: James Clarke Satterthwaite 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cumberland
1790 – 1796
With: Sir Henry Fletcher, Bt 		Succeeded by


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