Henry Goring (1646–1685)
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Henry Goring was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons
between 1673 and 1685.
Goring was the son of Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet of the first creation and his wife Diana Bishopp daughter of Sir Edward Bishopp. He was a captain in the Regiment of Foot. In 1671 he purchased an estate at Wappingthorn, Steyning, Sussex.
Goring was elected Member of Parliament
(MP) for New Shoreham
in 1673 and held the seat to 1678. In 1679 he was elected MP for Bramber
and held the seat until 1685. In 1685 he was elected MP for Steyning
. He was High Sheriff of Sussex
from 1681 to 1682.
Goring was killed at a theatre by Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet, or his son CHarles, at the age of 39.
Goring married, firstly, Elizabeth Morewood, daughter of Anthony Morewood, in October 1667. He married, secondly, Mary Covert, daughter of Sir John Covert, 1st Baronet
, in 1676.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
between 1673 and 1685.
Goring was the son of Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet of the first creation and his wife Diana Bishopp daughter of Sir Edward Bishopp. He was a captain in the Regiment of Foot. In 1671 he purchased an estate at Wappingthorn, Steyning, Sussex.
Goring was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for New Shoreham
New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)
New Shoreham, sometimes simply called Shoreham, was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in what is now West Sussex...
in 1673 and held the seat to 1678. In 1679 he was elected MP for Bramber
Bramber (UK Parliament constituency)
Bramber was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, one of the most notorious of all the rotten boroughs. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in 1295, and again from 1472 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:The borough consisted of...
and held the seat until 1685. In 1685 he was elected MP for Steyning
Steyning (UK Parliament constituency)
Steyning was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, England, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons sporadically from 1298 and continuously from 1467 until 1832...
. He was High Sheriff of Sussex
High Sheriff of Sussex
-History:The office of High Sheriff is over 1000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The Office of High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties until the reign of Edward VII when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office under the...
from 1681 to 1682.
Goring was killed at a theatre by Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet, or his son CHarles, at the age of 39.
Goring married, firstly, Elizabeth Morewood, daughter of Anthony Morewood, in October 1667. He married, secondly, Mary Covert, daughter of Sir John Covert, 1st Baronet
Sir John Covert, 1st Baronet
Sir John Covert, 1st Baronet , was an English politician.Covert was the son of Sir Walter Covert, of Maidstone, Kent, by Ann Covert, daughter and heiress of John Covert, of Slaugham, Sussex. He was created a Baronet, of Slaugham in the County of Sussex, on 2 July 1660...
, in 1676.