FITZJAMES, Henry (c.1627-86), of Covent Garden and Millbank, Westminster.

Family and Education

b. c. 1627, 3rd s. of Leweston Fitzjames† of Leweston, Dorset, and Eleanor, da. of Sir Henry Winston of Standish, Glos.; bro. of John Fitzjames* and Thomas Fitzjames*.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xvi. 222-3. educ. Lincoln, Oxf. 4 Mar. 1642, ‘aged 15’;Al. Oxon. M. Temple, 29 May 1647.MT Admiss. i. 144; MTR ii. 951. m. bef. 2 Sept. 1650, (1) Frances (bur. 8 Oct. 1678), da. of Sir George Chute of Stockwell, Surr., wid. of John Tufton (d. 24 Jan. 1650) of Westminster, at least 1s.;Alnwick, Northumberland MS 549, ff. 55, 65 (BL Microfilm 331); PROB11/208/599 (Sir George Chute), PROB11/257/381 (Dame Anna Chute). (2) 31 July 1679, Jane (bur. 13 May 1689), da. of John Stynt, Haberdasher, of London, wid. of John Duncombe of Shalford, Surr., Sir Lawrence Smith of Bow, Mdx., and Thomas Hoare of Westminster.London Mar. Lics. 490; par. reg. St Sepulchre, Holborn, London; PROB11/395/160 (Dame Jane Fitzjames); Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 40; Lysons, Environs, iii. 301; CB (Sir Lawrence Smith). Kntd. bef. 25 Feb. 1673.HMC Portland iii. 334. bur. 5 Mar. 1686 5 Mar. 1686.Lysons, Environs, iii. 301; Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xvi. 223..

Offices Held

Military: capt.-lt. (parlian.) regt. of John Fitzjames by 9 Dec. 1645-aft. June 1647;Northumberland MS 547, ff. 13v–14; R.J.K. Temple, ‘The Massey Brigade’, 438–9, 445. capt. regt. of Richard Ingoldsby*, 16 June-5 Dec. 1660;Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 161. capt.-lt. tp. of Ld. Rutherford, Dunkirk 23 Oct. 1661;Dalton, Army Lists, i. 19. coy. of Sir John Sayers, 8 Sept. 1667;SP44/20, f. 178. guidon and maj. of horse, tp. of duke of York, 1 May 1674;SP44/35A, f. 88; SP44/29, f. 271. maj. regt. of earl of Plymouth, 25 July 1685.Dalton, Army Lists, ii. 6.

Local: j.p. Essex, June 1680–?d.C231/7, p. 30.

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Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

FITZJAMES, Henry (c.1627-86), of Covent Garden and Millbank, Westminster.

Will

admon. to wid., Dame Jane Fitzjames, 7 May 1686.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xvi. 223.

Estates

?1650, property in Westminster and Surr. in right of first wife;C6/133/86; PROB11/208/599, PROB11/257/381. bef. May 1663-aft. 1670, house at Millbank, near the Golden Anchor;Northumberland MS 553, f. 73; Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xvi. 223. ?July 1672, messuages in St Margaret’s, Westminster, forfeited on outlawry for debt;CTB iii. 1266. 1679, property in Barking and Dagenham, Essex, in right of second wife.PROB11/395/160.

Oxford 1644

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