Sir Henry Ashurst, 2nd Baronet (c. 1670–1732), of Waterstock House, Waterstock, Oxfordshire was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1722.
[1] He probably matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge in 1687 and was admitted at Middle Temple in 1689.
[1] At the 1715 general election Ashurst stood for Parliament at New Windsor, which was close to his wife's property.
He was initially defeated but was returned as Member of Parliament on petition on 14 April 1715.
[2] Waterstock House, which had been built by his father, passed to William Henry Ashurst (1725–1807), who rebuilt it in 1787.