Английская Википедия:Henry Parkman Sturgis
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Henry Parkman Sturgis (1 March 1847 – 1 March 1929)[1] was an American-born banker in England and a Liberal politician.
Early life
Sturgis was born in the United States on 1 March 1847.[2] He was a son of Russell Sturgis and his third wife, Julia Overing Boit,[3] a daughter of Eleanor Auchmuty (née Jones) Boit and John Boit Jr.,[4] one of the first Americans involved in the maritime fur trade.[5] Among his siblings were the authors Julian Sturgis and Howard Sturgis[6] and Mary Greene Hubbard Sturgis (wife of Bertram Falle, 1st Baron Portsea).[7] From his father's previous marriage to Mary Greene Hubbard, his elder half-brother was prominent architect and builder John Hubbard Sturgis.[8]
Sturgis was named after his uncle, Henry Parkman Sturgis (1806–1869),[9] who with his brother Russell Sturgis (1805–1887) made a fortune from the Manila-based mercantile house Russell & Sturgis founded with George Robertson Russell.[10] His cousin Maria Trinidad Howard Sturgis Middlemore was an author.[8]
Education and career
Sturgis was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford. He became a partner in Baring Bros. & Co. of Liverpool (his father was senior partner in London) and was a director of London and Westminster Bank.[11]
In the 1885 general election, Sturgis was elected Member of Parliament for South Dorset but lost the seat in the 1886 general election.[12] He was High Sheriff of the County of London in 1896.[13][14]
Personal life
On 2 October 1872, Sturgis was married to the Hon. Mary Cecilia Brand (1851–1886) at Parish Church in Glynde.[15] Mary was a daughter of Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden (son of Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre) and the former Eliza Ellice (daughter of General Robert Ellice).[16] Before her death on 20 June 1886, they were the parents of six children, including:[17]
- Margery Sturgis (b. 1874)[17]
- Rachel Sturgis (b. 1876)[17]
- Olive Sturgis (b. 1878)[17]
- Lt.-Col. Henry Russell Sturgis (1879–1967), who married Violet Elizabeth Grinnell-Milne, a sister of Duncan Grinnell-Milne, in 1913.
- Mary Sturgis (1886–1982), who married William Fortescue Basset, a son of Richard Bassett, in 1910.
On 17 July 1896, Sturgis married Marie "Mariette" Eveleen Meredith (1871–1933), the daughter of the novelist George Meredith.[18]
Sturgis died on 1 March 1929.
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