Henry Henley

Henry Henley (c. 1612–1696) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1681.

On his father's death in 1639 he inherited estates at Leigh, Winsham, Somerset and Colway, Lyme Regis, Dorset.

He became a colonel in the Parliamentary army in around 1643 and was a commissioner for sequestrations, assessment and levying of money for Somerset in 1643.

In 1661 he was elected MP for Lyme Regis for the Cavalier Parliament where he sat until 1679.

Henry snr's second son, Robert, was likewise an MP for Lyme Regis.