Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave

Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave (166124 January 1689) was a British peer and Jacobite supporter.

The son of Sir Charles Waldegrave, 3rd Baronet, Waldegrave inherited his father's title in c.1684. A year earlier, he had married Henrietta FitzJames, an illegitimate daughter of King James II and his mistress, Arabella Churchill. As a result of his marriage, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Waldegrave, of Chewton, Co. Somerset. in 1686.

He became Comptroller of the Household that year and continued in this office at the King's court-in-exile at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, until his death in 1689.

Political Offices
Preceded by:
The Lord Maynard
Comptroller of the Household
1687–1688
Succeeded by:
The Lord Wharton
Honorary Titles
Preceded by:
The Duke of Somerset
Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
1687–1688
Succeeded by:
The Duke of Ormonde
Preceded by:
The Viscount Fitzhardinge
Custos Rotulorum of Somerset
1688
Succeeded by:
The Viscount Fitzhardinge
Peerage of England
Preceded by:
New creation
Baron Waldegrave
1686–1689
Succeeded by:
James Waldegrave
Preceded by:
Charles Waldegrave
Baronet
(of Hever Castle)
c.1684–1689

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