Robert Henley-Ongley, 1st Baron Ongley (c. 1721 – 23 October 1785), was a British politician.
Born Robert Henley, the son of Robert Henley of London, he assumed the additional surname of Ongley as heir to the estate of his great-uncle, Sir Samuel Ongley, of Old Warden, Bedfordshire. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and studied law at the Middle Temple.
He was returned to Parliament for Bedford in 1754, a seat he held until 1761, and then sat as a Knight of the Shire for Bedfordshire between 1761 and 1780 and again between 1784 and 1785. In 1776 he was elevated to the Irish peerage as Baron Ongley, of Old Warden. (An Irish peerage did not oblige him to give up his seat in the House of Commons).
Lord Ongley married Frances Gosfright, daughter and co-heir of Richard Gosfright, of Langton Hall, Essex, in 1763. They had two sons and four daughters. He died in October 1785 and was buried in a mausoleum in the churchyard of St Leonard's church in Old Warden in Bedfordshire, built at his request by his widow in 1787. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, Robert.
References
- ^ Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Twenty-Second edition, page 671. London, 1838.
- "HENLEY ONGLEY, Robert (c.1721-85), of Old Warden, Beds". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- "No. 11679". The London Gazette. 29 June 1776. p. 1.
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| Preceded byThomas Gore John Offley |
Member of Parliament for Bedford 1754–1761 With: Francis Herne |
Succeeded byFrancis Herne Richard Vernon |
| Preceded byHenry Osborn Sir Thomas Alston, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1761–1780 With: The Marquess of Tavistock 1761–1767 The Earl of Upper Ossory 1767–1780 |
Succeeded byThe Earl of Upper Ossory Hon. St Andrew St John |
| Preceded byThe Earl of Upper Ossory Hon. St Andrew St John |
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1784–1785 With: The Earl of Upper Ossory |
Succeeded byThe Earl of Upper Ossory Hon. St Andrew St John |
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| New creation | Baron Ongley 1776–1785 |
Succeeded byRobert Henley-Ongley |
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