Sir Henry Meux, 2nd Baronet

Sir Henry Meux, 2nd Baronet (28 December 1817 – 1 January 1883), was head of Meux and Co., a London brewery,[1] and a Member of Parliament (MP).

He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.[2] He succeeded to his father's baronetcy on 7 April 1841.[3] He married Lady Louisa Caroline Brudenell-Bruce on 19 January 1856.

He served as High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1845.[4] He was then Conservative MP for Hertfordshire from 1847 to 1859.[5]

In 1870, Sir Henry's trustees bought an estate at East Overton, Wiltshire (now part of West Overton parish),[6] and they later paid for the rebuilding of the parish church.[7] From 1877 he was the owner of Dauntsey Park House, near Malmesbury in Wiltshire.[8] His son Henry Bruce Meux took over the running of the brewery in 1878.[9]

References
  1. Burd, Van Akin (1973). The Ruskin Family Letters. Cornell University Press.
  2. "Meux". oxforddnb.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. "Baronetage : MALET of Wilbury". Leighrayment.com. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. "No. 20439". The London Gazette. 4 February 1845. p. 315.
  5. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
  6. Baggs, A.P.; Crittall, Elizabeth; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1980). Crowley, D.A. (ed.). "Victoria County History – Wiltshire – Vol 11 pp181-203 – Parishes: Overton". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  7. "Church of St. Michael and All Angels, West Overton". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  8. "History". Dauntsey Park House. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  9. "Meux's Brewery Co Ltd, 1888-1961". National Archives. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Plumer Halsey
Abel Smith
Hon. Granville Ryder		 Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire
1847–1859
With: Thomas Plumer Halsey 1847–1854
Hon. Thomas Brand 1847–1852
Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1852–1859
Abel Smith 1854–1857
Christopher William Puller1857–1859		 Succeeded by
Christopher William Puller
Abel Smith
Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Frederick Cass		 High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
1845		 Succeeded by
Felix Calvert
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Meux		 Baronet
(of Theobalds Park)
1831–1883		 Succeeded by
Henry Bruce Meux


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