Henry Lennard, 12th Baron Dacre

"Henry Lennard" redirects here. For others of a similar name, see Lennard baronets. For or, see Henry Leonard (disambiguation).

Henry Lennard (1570 – 8 August 1616) was an English politician and Baron of Dacre.

Arms of Lennard: Or, on a fess gules three fleurs-de-lys of the field^[1]

Life

Lennard was the son of Margaret Fiennes, who was Baroness Dacre, and Sampson Lennard and was baptised on 25 March 1570^[2] at Chevening, Kent.^[3]

Lennard took part in the Capture of Cadiz in 1596 and was knighted by in June 1596 Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex, after the capture of the city.^[3]

Lennard was a Member of Parliament (MP) for West Looe in 1597–1598. He successfully claimed the barony of Dacre on his mother's death in 1612.^[2]

Lennard married, in 1589, Chrysogona Baker, daughter of Richard Baker of Sissinghurst. They had seven children: Richard, Fynes, Edward, Margaret, Philadelphia, Pembroke, and Barbara. Margaret married Annesley Wildgoose, Philadelphia married Thomas Parker,^{[4][better source needed]} Pembroke married William, Lord Cobham, and Barbara married Philip Stapleton.

Lennard lived extravagantly and was forced to sell some of his lands. He died of a fever on 8 August 1616,^[2] and was buried at Chevening the next day. His widow was buried 30 September 1616. He was succeeded as baron by his son Richard.^[3]