Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet

For others of this name, see Henry Chamberlain (disambiguation).

Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet (1773[1]– 31 July 1829) was a British diplomat, consul general to Portugal and chargé d'affaires to Brazil. He was created a baronet on 22 February 1828.[2]

Henry was a natural son of the Honourable Henry Fane, Clerk to H.M. Treasury, a younger son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland.[3] He was brought up with the rest of Fane's children as a supposed distant relative, but when Chamberlain expressed interest in one of Fane's daughters (his half sister), he was informed of his true parentage and posted to Portugal in 1829 to become consul general, sailing on board HMS Briton.[4]

On 1 January 1795 he married firstly Elizabeth Harrod, of Exeter, and in 1813 they were divorced by an Act of Parliament. Their children were:

On 5 June 1813 Henry Chamberlain married secondly Anne Eugenia, a daughter of William Morgan. Their children were:

Sources

  • Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, edited by Peter Townend, 105th edition, London. 1970. p. 516.
  • Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
  • Baptismal Register of Christ Church, Rio de Janeiro

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Government art collection", Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2007
  2. ^ "No. 18425". The London Gazette. 21 December 1827. p. 2602.
  3. ^ Yuzo Ota, "Basil Hall Chamberlain: Portrait of a Japanologist" (Routledge, 1998) pp. 16–17
  4. ^ United Services Journal Part II. London:Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley. 1829. p. 119.
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