Sir Henry Oxenden, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Oxenden, 1st Baronet (1614–1686) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1660.
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Oxenden was the son of Sir James Oxenden and his wife Margaret Nevinson, daughter of Thomas Nevinson of Estry, Kent. He was knighted on 11 July 1660.[1]
Oxenden was elected Member of Parliament for Winchelsea as a recruiter to the Long Parliament in 1645. He was elected MP for Kent in the First Protectorate Parliament of 1654 and in the Second Protectorate Parliament in 1656.[2] In 1660 he was elected MP for Sandwich in the Convention Parliament.[2] He was created Baronet in on 6 May 1678.
Oxenden married firstly Mary Baker daughter of Robert Baker of St Martin in the Fields, by whom he had a daughter, and secondly Elizabeth Meredith daughter of Sir William Meredith of Leeds Abbey, Kent. [3] They had children James and Henry who successively succeeded to the baronetcy, and George.[1]