Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet (April 1661 – 19 May 1712)[1] was an English baronet and politician.
He was the oldest son of Sir George Fletcher, 2nd Baronet and his first wife Alice Hare, daughter of Hugh Hare, 1st Baron Coleraine.[2] In 1700, he succeeded his father as baronet.[3] Fletcher was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 10 June 1678.[4] He entered the English House of Commons as member of parliament (MP) for Cockermouth in 1689, representing the constituency until the following year.[5]
Fletcher converted to Roman Catholicism[6] and lived then as a monk in the English monastery of Douai in France. He died there, unmarried and childless, and was buried in a chapel, he had built for the community at his own expense.[2] With his death the baronetcy became extinct.[3]
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- ^ "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 202.
- ^ a b Courthope, William (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England. London: G. Woodfall. p. 79.
- ^ "ThePeerage – Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Bt". Retrieved 3 January 2007.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Cockermouth". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Hutton-in-the-Forest, Official website – Sir Henry Fletcher 3rd Bt". Archived from the original on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
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