Sir Henry Tichborne
17th-century English soldier and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Henry Tichborne PC (Ire) (1581–1667) was an English soldier and politician. He excelled at the Siege of Drogheda during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. He governed Ireland as one of the two Lord Justices from 1642 to 1644. In 1647, he fought under Michael Jones against the Irish Catholic Confederates in the Battle of Dungan's Hill. He was given the Beaulieu Manor by Cromwell and its possession was confirmed to him at the Restoration.
Not to be confused with Sir Henry Tichborne, later Baron Ferrand, his grandson, or various other Tichborne baronets named Henry.