Henry Stafford-Jerningham, 9th Baron Stafford

9th Baron Stafford.

Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham, 9th Baron Stafford (2 January 1802-30 November 1884), known as Henry Jerningham until 1824 and styled The Honourable Henry Stafford-Jerningham between 1824 and 1851, was a British peer and politician.

Background

Stafford was the son of George Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford, and Frances Henrietta, daughter of Edward Sulyarde. His father had succeeded as seventh Baronet of Cossey in 1807. In 1824 he had managed to obtain a reversal of the attainder of the barony of Stafford (the attainder had been imposed on his ancestor William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford and 1st Baron Stafford in 1680). The family assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Stafford at the same time.

Political career

Stafford was returned to Parliament for Pontefract in 1830, a seat he held until 1834. In 1851 he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the House of Lords. He only spoke once in the House of Commons and never in the House of Lords.

Family

Lord Stafford was twice married. He married firstly Julia Barbara, daughter of Edward Charles Howard, in 1829. After her death in November 1856 he married secondly Emma Eliza, daughter of Frederick Sewallis Gerard, in 1859. He died at the family seat of Costessey Park, Norfolk, in November 1884, aged 82, and was succeeded in the barony and baronetcy by his nephew, Augustus Frederick Fitzherbert Stafford-Jerningham. Lady Stafford died in November 1912.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Stafford-Jerningham

Ancestry

Family of Henry Stafford-Jerningham, 9th Baron Stafford

Sir Francis Jerningham Sir George Jerningham Anne Blount Sir William Jerningham Francis Plowden Mary Plowden Mary Stafford-Howard Sir George William Stafford-Jerningham Arthur Dillon Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon Christina Catherine Sheldon Francis Dillon George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield Lady Charlotte Lee Frances Hales Henry Valentine Stafford-Jeringham ?? ?? ?? Edward Sulyarde, of Haughley Park ?? ?? ?? Frances Henrietta Sulyarde ?? ?? ?? Susanna Ravenscroft ?? ?? ??