Henry Holcroft

Sir Henry Holcroft (1586–1650) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1629 and held appointments in the Dublin Castle administration in Ireland.

[4] The influence of Holcroft's ally, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, ensured that he retained the role after the accession of Charles I of England in 1625.

He was elected MP for Newton in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

[2] After the assassination of Buckingham, Holcroft served as a member of a new committee for dealing with Irish petitions and grievances.

[2] In 1634, he retired from duties in London and Dublin and became a justice of the peace in Essex, where he owned land at Greenstreet House, East Ham.