PICKERING, Sir Henry (c.1655-1705), of Whaddon, Cambs. and St. George’s, Barbados

b. c. 1655, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir Henry Pickering, 1st Bt.†, of Whaddon by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Viner, 1st Bt., Goldsmith, of Hackney, Mdx., alderman of London and sheriff 1648–9. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1672, MA 1673; I. Temple 1674. m. (1) lic. 1 Mar. 1677 (aged about 22), Philadelphia, da. of Sir George Downing, 1st Bt.†, of St. Margaret’s, Westminster and East Hatley, Cambs., 3da. d.v.p. ; (2) by 1693, Grace (d. 1732), da. and coh. of Constant Sylvester (d. c.1671), of St. George’s, Barbados, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 4 Nov. 1668. CSP Col. 1693–6, p. 128; 1574–1660, p. 352; MI Cambs. ed. Palmer, 184; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1058; Caribbeana, v. 177.