Henry Lucas (politician)

The Reverend Henry Lucas (c. 1610 – July 1663) was an English clergyman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648.

Lucas died unmarried in Chancery Lane, London, and was buried in Temple Church on 22 July 1663.

In 1923 an Act of Parliament dissolved the ancient Corporation, and provided for the admission of married couples, and for the employment of a Matron.

The original Hospital was sold and in July 2002 the Henry Lucas Charity was merged with the Whiteley Homes Trust.

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