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. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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.


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