Henry Lennard, 12th Baron Dacre

"Henry Lennard" redirects here. For others of a similar name, see Lennard baronets. For or, see Henry Leonard (disambiguation).

Henry Lennard (1570 – 8 August 1616) was an English politician and Baron of Dacre.

Life

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] 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

  1. ^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The General Armory. London. p. 601.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b c "Lennard, Sir Henry (1570-1616), of Chevening, Kent and Hurstmonceaux Castle, Suss". Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Barrett-Lennard, Thomas (1908). An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett. privately printed. p. 243.
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