Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet
Illustration — Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet (1773 – 31 July 1829) was a British diplomat, consul general to Portugal and chargé d'affaires to Brazil. He was created a baronet on 22 February 1828. Henry was a natural son of the Honourable Henry Fane, Clerk to H.M. Treasury, a younger son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland.
Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet
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- 1773 · Marylebone.
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- Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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- diplomat · illustrator · world traveler
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Illustration — Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet (1773 – 31 July 1829) was a British diplomat, consul general to Portugal and chargé d'affaires to Brazil. He was created a baronet on 22 February 1828. Henry was a natural son of the Honourable Henry Fane, Clerk to H.M. Treasury, a younger son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland.
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He was brought up with the rest of Fane's children as a supposed distant relative, but when Chamberlain expressed interest in one of Fane's daughters (his half sister), he was informed of his true parentage, moved quickly to Portugal, later to be posted to Brazil ca 1813 to become consul general, sailing on board HMS Briton. On 1 January 1795 he married firstly Elizabeth Harrod, of Exeter, and in 1813 they were divorced by an Act of Parliament. Their children were: • Sir Henry Chamberlain, 2nd Baronet (2 October 1796 – 8 September 1843) • William Augustus Chamberlain (1797–1806) • Eliza Caroline Chamberlain (d. 11 December 1887), who on 2 December 1819 married the Hon. Charles Orlando Bridgeman RN (died 13 April 1860), second son of Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford. On 5 June 1813 Henry Chamberlain married secondly Anne Eugenia, a daughter of William Morgan. Their children were: • Anne Beresford Chamberlain (born 1815, Rio de Janeiro) • Harriett Mary Chamberlain (born 1816, Rio de Janeiro) • William Charles Chamberlain (21 April 1818 – 1878), born Rio de Janeiro Rear Admiral, R.N. • Neville Bowles Chamberlain (10 January 1820 – 1902), born Rio de Janeiro, Field Marshal, British Army • Crawford Trotter Chamberlain (1821–1902), General of the Indian Staff Corps • Thomas H. Chamberlain (13 September 1822), born Rio de Janeiro • Charles Francis Falcon Chamberlain (1826–1870), Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Army
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1773
Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet born at Marylebone.
1829
Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet died at Regent's Park.
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- 1."Government art collection", Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2007
- 2.18425. 21 December 1827. 2602.
- 3.Yuzo Ota, "Basil Hall Chamberlain: Portrait of a Japanologist" (Routledge, 1998) pp. 16–17
- 4.London:Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley. United Services Journal Part II. 119. 1829.
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- Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, edited by Peter Townend, 105th edition, London. 516. 1970.
- March 2012.
- Baptismal Register of Christ Church, Rio de Janeiro
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He was the child of Henry Fane. He married Anne Eugenia Morgan and Elizabeth Harrod. 4 children are recorded: William Charles Chamberlain, Neville Bowles Chamberlain, Crawford Chamberlain and Sir Henry Chamberlain, 2nd Baronet. Recorded as diplomat, illustrator and world traveler.
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