Anthony Henley (1667–1711)
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Anthony Henley was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1711. He was noted as a wit.
A 1694 engraving of Henley by John Smith after Godfrey Kneller
The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Com
Anthony Henley (1667–1711)
…Anthony Henley (1667 – August 1711) was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1711. He was noted as a wit. Henley was son of Sir Robert Henley of the Grange, near Alresford, Hampshire, Member of Parliament for…
Pitt addressing the House in The House of Commons, 1793–94 by Anton Hickel