Sir Henry Paston-Bedinfeld, Bt | |
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![]() Photograph of Sir Henry by
Camille Silvy, 1863 | |
High Sheriff of Norfolk | |
In office 1882–1882 | |
Preceded by | George Duckett Berney |
Succeeded by | William Earle Gascoyne Lytton Bulwer |
Personal details | |
Born | Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld 21 June 1830 Norwich, Norfolk |
Died | 18 January 1902 Cromwell Road, London | (aged 71)
Spouse |
Augusta Lucy Clavering
(
m. 1859; died 1902) |
Children | 11 |
Parent(s) |
Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 6th Baronet Margaret Paston |
Education | Stonyhurst College |
Sir Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Baronet DL (21 June 1830 – 18 January 1902) was an English landowner.
He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 6th Baronet, of Oxburgh Hall, and heiress Margaret Paston, who inherited the Brailes estate in Warwickshire in 1841. [1] His younger brother, Raoul, married Katherine Gregory (née Walker) Stephens, widow of Henry Alexander Claremont Lyne-Stephens.
His paternal grandparents were Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 5th Baronet and Charlotte Georgiana Jerningham. [1] [2] Among his extended paternal family was aunt Frances "Fanny" Bedingfeld (wife of William Petre, 11th Baron Petre), [3] Matilda Bedingfeld (wife of George Stanley Cary), [3] Agnes Bedingfeld (wife of Maj. Thomas Molyneux-Seel), [3] and uncle Felix Bedingfeld (who married Mary Woodward Lightbourn Chads, eldest daughter of John Cornell Chads, Governor of the British Virgin Islands). [4] His maternal grandparents were Lucy (née Brown) Paston and Edward Paston, of Appleton, Norfolk, the last of the Pastons of Paston, formerly Earls of Yarmouth. [1]
A member of a prominent English Roman Catholic family, he was educated at Stonyhurst College. [5]
As a young man, he served for some time with the Austrian Cuirassiers before becoming a captain in the West Norfolk Militia. [6]
Upon the death of his father on 4 February 1862, he succeeded his father as 7th Baronet Paston-Bedingfeld, of Oxburgh. [3] He also served as a Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk and was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1882. [7]
On 17 October 1859, he married Augusta Lucy Clavering (d. 1929), only child of Edward John Clavering, of Callaly Castle. [8] Together, they were the parents of: [9]
Sir Henry died on 18 January 1902, at age 71, at 45 Cromwell Houses, Cromwell Road, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. [11] Lady Paston-Bedingfeld died on 2 March 1929. [3]
Sir Henry Paston-Bedinfeld, Bt | |
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![]() Photograph of Sir Henry by
Camille Silvy, 1863 | |
High Sheriff of Norfolk | |
In office 1882–1882 | |
Preceded by | George Duckett Berney |
Succeeded by | William Earle Gascoyne Lytton Bulwer |
Personal details | |
Born | Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld 21 June 1830 Norwich, Norfolk |
Died | 18 January 1902 Cromwell Road, London | (aged 71)
Spouse |
Augusta Lucy Clavering
(
m. 1859; died 1902) |
Children | 11 |
Parent(s) |
Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 6th Baronet Margaret Paston |
Education | Stonyhurst College |
Sir Henry George Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Baronet DL (21 June 1830 – 18 January 1902) was an English landowner.
He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 6th Baronet, of Oxburgh Hall, and heiress Margaret Paston, who inherited the Brailes estate in Warwickshire in 1841. [1] His younger brother, Raoul, married Katherine Gregory (née Walker) Stephens, widow of Henry Alexander Claremont Lyne-Stephens.
His paternal grandparents were Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 5th Baronet and Charlotte Georgiana Jerningham. [1] [2] Among his extended paternal family was aunt Frances "Fanny" Bedingfeld (wife of William Petre, 11th Baron Petre), [3] Matilda Bedingfeld (wife of George Stanley Cary), [3] Agnes Bedingfeld (wife of Maj. Thomas Molyneux-Seel), [3] and uncle Felix Bedingfeld (who married Mary Woodward Lightbourn Chads, eldest daughter of John Cornell Chads, Governor of the British Virgin Islands). [4] His maternal grandparents were Lucy (née Brown) Paston and Edward Paston, of Appleton, Norfolk, the last of the Pastons of Paston, formerly Earls of Yarmouth. [1]
A member of a prominent English Roman Catholic family, he was educated at Stonyhurst College. [5]
As a young man, he served for some time with the Austrian Cuirassiers before becoming a captain in the West Norfolk Militia. [6]
Upon the death of his father on 4 February 1862, he succeeded his father as 7th Baronet Paston-Bedingfeld, of Oxburgh. [3] He also served as a Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk and was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1882. [7]
On 17 October 1859, he married Augusta Lucy Clavering (d. 1929), only child of Edward John Clavering, of Callaly Castle. [8] Together, they were the parents of: [9]
Sir Henry died on 18 January 1902, at age 71, at 45 Cromwell Houses, Cromwell Road, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. [11] Lady Paston-Bedingfeld died on 2 March 1929. [3]