Henry Washington

Colonel
Henry Washington
Born March 1615
Died March 1664
Resting place Richmond, Surrey
Occupation Royalist (Cavalier), officer
Spouse(s) Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Pakington, 1st Baronet
Children four daughters

Colonel Henry Washington (1615–1664), 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) who did not marry, Cathrine who's 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. 1 2 3 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
  • Elliot-Wright, Phillip JC. "Prince Maurice's Dragoones - A Short History". Prince Maurice's Dragoones. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  • "An earlier Washington holds Worcester for the king against heavy odds". Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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