Sir Henry Lynde was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 in 1626.

Lynde was the son of Cuthbert Lynde or Lyne of Westminster. He was educated at Westminster School

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 and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford

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 in January 1597, aged 17. He was awarded BA on 7 July 1600 and entered the Middle Temple

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 in 1601. He was probably called to the bar in about 1605. He was knighted on 24 or 29 October 1613. In 1626, he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Brecon

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 after Sir Walter Pye

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chise to sit instead for Herefordsire. Lynde was described as an eminently learned man, and a zealous puritan.

Lynde died at the age of about 56 and was buried in the chancel of Cobham Church on 14 June 1636.