Sir Henry Sullivan, 2nd Baronet

Sullivan's memorial plaque in the Church of St Nicholas, Thames Ditton, Surrey

Sir Henry Sullivan, 2nd Baronet (13 March 1785 – 14 April 1814) was an English politician and army officer.

He was the son of Sir Richard Sullivan, 1st Baronet, a Member of Parliament, who also wrote a number of books on political matters.[1] Educated at Eton College,[2] Henry inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in July 1806.[1]

In the October 1812 general election Sullivan, a supporter of the ruling Tory party, was simultaneously elected Member of Parliament (MP) for both Rye and Lincoln. Standing down as MP for Rye after a by-election in December 1812,[3] Sullivan continued to represent Lincoln until his death in April 1814.[4] Since he was a serving soldier, he played little part in Parliamentary business. He made no formal speeches,[5] and voted only twice – in May 1813 against the Catholic Relief Bill and in June 1813 in support of Christian missions to India as part of the Charter Bill.[2]

Sullivan served in the Coldstream Guards during the Peninsular War, becoming a company commander in September 1812.[6] As a Foot Guards captain and a lieutenant-colonel in the army, he was killed at the Battle of Bayonne, in south France, on 14 April 1814.[7]

He was succeeded as third baronet by his younger brother Charles, a Royal Naval officer who eventually became an admiral.[1]

There are memorial plaques to Sir Henry Sullivan, as well as to his father and other members of his family, in the Church of St Nicholas, Thames Ditton, Surrey.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cooper, Thompson; Revised by: Mills, Rebecca (2004). "Sullivan, Sir Richard Joseph, first baronet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26778. ISBN 019861411X. Retrieved 8 September 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b Thorne, R.G. (1986). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0436521016. Accessed 9 September 2021
  3. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 90–92. Retrieved 9 September 2021 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  5. ^ Hansard: Contributions: Sir Henry Sullivan 1812–14.
  6. ^ "No. 16650". The London Gazette. 26 September 1812. p. 1966.
  7. ^ "No. 16891". The London Gazette. 27 April 1814. p. 900.
  8. ^ See image at Wikimedia Commons titled: Memorial plaque, Sir Henry Sullivan, St Nicholas Church, Thames Ditton.jpg.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rye
October – December 1812
With: Thomas Phillipps Lamb 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Lincoln
October 1812 – April 1814
With: John Nicholas Fazakerley 		Succeeded by