Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington

File:Henry Gerard Sturt, Vnaity Fair, 1876-07-08.jpg

"Bunny". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1876.

Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington (16 May 1825 – 17 February 1904) was a British peer and Conservative Party politician. The son of Henry Sturt, he was created 1st Baron Alington of Crichel on 15 January 1876.

Sturt was twice married. On 10 September 1853, he wed Lady Augusta Bingham, the daughter of George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan. They had three children:-

• Humphrey Napier Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington (1859–1919) (died of wounds),

• Winifred Selina Sturt (1868–1914), and

• Mildred Cecilia Harriet Sturt (1869–1942), who herself made two notable marriages - first to Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea and, after his death, to Hedworth Lambton.

On 10 February 1892, Sturt wed Evelyn Henrietta Leigh.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Works written by or about Henry Sturt at Wikisource
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Sturt

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Ashley-Cooper Sir James Graham, Bt	Member of Parliament for Dorchester 1847–1856 With: Hon. George Dawson-Damer, 1847–1852 Richard Brinsley Sheridan, from 1852	Succeeded by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Charles Napier Sturt
Preceded by John Floyer, George Bankes Henry Ker Seymer	Member of Parliament for Dorset 1856–1876 With: Henry Ker Seymer to 1864 John Floyer to 1857 Henry Portman from 1857	Succeeded by John Floyer, Hon. Henry Portman Edward Digby
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Alington 1876–1904	Succeeded by Humphrey Sturt