MAISTER, Henry (1699-1744), of Hull and Winestead, Yorks.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Constituency

Dates

6 Feb. 1734 - 1741

Family and Education

bap. 1 Feb. 1699, 1st s. of William Maister. m. (1) 25 Aug. 1724, Mary (d.1725), da. of Rev. Henry Tymperon of Carnaby, Yorks., s.p., (2) 19 Jan. 1727, Mary, da. of Sir Arthur Cayley, 3rd Bt., of Brompton, Yorks., 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1716.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Hull 1727.

Biography

Returned for Hull at a by-election in 1734 and re-elected at the ensuing general election, Henry Maister voted regularly with the Government. He did not stand in 1741. In 1743 he lost his wife and two children in a fire which destroyed his house at Hull.1 He died 15 Dec. 1744.

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Romney R. Sedgwick

Notes

  • 1. Gent. Mag. 1743, p. 217.