Henry Sturt

Henry Charles Sturt (/stɜːrt/; 9 August 1795 – 14 April 1866), of Crichel House, Dorset, was a British landowner and politician.

Sturt was the son of Charles Sturt (1763–1812), who was the son of Humphrey Sturt and his wife Mary Pitfield, daughter of Charles Pitfield and Dorothy Ashley.

[1][2] Sturt was elected to Parliament for Bridport in 1817, a seat he held until 1820.

[3] Sturt married Lady Charlotte Penelope, daughter of Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan.

They had several children, including Henry Sturt, who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Alington in 1876, and Col. Charles Napier Sturt, MP for Dorchester.