Sir Henry Whitehead was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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  from 1625 to 1629.

Whitehead was the son of Richard Whitehead. He inherited the estates of Norman Court and Shirley Hampshire in 1593. In 1609 he was High Sheriff of Hampshire

High Sheriff of Hampshire

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In 1625, Whitehead was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Hampshire

Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Hampshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832...

. He was elected MP for Winchester in 1626 and for Stockbridge

Stockbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Stockbridge was a parliamentary borough in Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1563 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act...

 in 1628.

Whitehead died in 1629.

Whitehead married Constance and had a son Richard

Richard Whitehead (Hampshire MP)

Richard Whitehead was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He fought for the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....

who was later MP and Parliamentary colonel.